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Kali Linux Network Scanning Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Michael Hixon, Justin Hutchens
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Kali Linux Network Scanning Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Michael Hixon, Justin Hutchens

Overview of this book

With the ever-increasing amount of data flowing in today’s world, information security has become vital to any application. This is where Kali Linux comes in. Kali Linux focuses mainly on security auditing and penetration testing. This step-by-step cookbook on network scanning trains you in important scanning concepts based on version 2016.2. It will enable you to conquer any network environment through a range of network scanning techniques and will also equip you to script your very own tools. Starting with the fundamentals of installing and managing Kali Linux, this book will help you map your target with a wide range of network scanning tasks, including discovery, port scanning, fingerprinting, and more. You will learn how to utilize the arsenal of tools available in Kali Linux to conquer any network environment. The book offers expanded coverage of the popular Burp Suite and has new and updated scripts for automating scanning and target exploitation. You will also be shown how to identify remote services, how to assess security risks, and how various attacks are performed. You will cover the latest features of Kali Linux 2016.2, which includes the enhanced Sparta tool and many other exciting updates. This immersive guide will also encourage the creation of personally scripted tools and the skills required to create them.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Introduction

In this chapter, we will begin the process of gathering information on our target. This begins with utilizing passive information-gathering techniques using public sources and moves into the active scanning of our target. At this point, it makes sense for us to discuss what our strategy is. Once the targets are determined, we will want to start collecting information on them. One of the key pieces of information is their domain. The Domain Name System (DNS) is a system of databases used to look up IP address(es) for a domain or, given an IP address, provide the domain name associated with it. Identifying the domains and subdomains associated with the target will provide us with a better idea of the targets assets and organization. We start by using Google and other public sources to reveal what we can. This is called reconnaissance or passive information gathering.

When we have completed finding what...