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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

Overview of this book

Kali Linux is built for professional penetration testing and security auditing. It is the next-generation of BackTrack, the most popular open-source penetration toolkit in the world. Readers will learn how to think like real attackers, exploit systems, and expose vulnerabilities. Even though web applications are developed in a very secure environment and have an intrusion detection system and firewall in place to detect and prevent any malicious activity, open ports are a pre-requisite for conducting online business. These ports serve as an open door for attackers to attack these applications. As a result, penetration testing becomes essential to test the integrity of web-applications. Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux is a hands-on guide that will give you step-by-step methods on finding vulnerabilities and exploiting web applications. "Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux" looks at the aspects of web penetration testing from the mind of an attacker. It provides real-world, practical step-by-step instructions on how to perform web penetration testing exercises. You will learn how to use network reconnaissance to pick your targets and gather information. Then, you will use server-side attacks to expose vulnerabilities in web servers and their applications. Client attacks will exploit the way end users use web applications and their workstations. You will also learn how to use open source tools to write reports and get tips on how to sell penetration tests and look out for common pitfalls. On the completion of this book, you will have the skills needed to use Kali Linux for web penetration tests and expose vulnerabilities on web applications and clients that access them.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Other tools


Kali Linux offers many tools that could be useful for web-based attacks. Here are some additional tools available in Kali Linux that have not been covered and could be used for remote Penetration Testing.

DNSCHEF

DNSChef is a DNS proxy for Penetration Testers and Malware Analysts. A DNS proxy also known as "Fake DNS" is a tool used for application network traffic analysis and other use cases. Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or private network. Providing fake DNS addresses can redirect traffic to other desired locations.

For example, a DNS proxy can be used to fake requests for badguy.com to point to a local machine for termination or interception instead of a real host somewhere on the Internet. For this to work, you need to gain access and modify DNS entries on a single server or poison the real DNS so that traffic gets to the Kali Linux server. The DNSChef tool is easy to use; however, the...