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Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition

By : Mohit Raj
Book Image

Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition

By: Mohit Raj

Overview of this book

This book gives you the skills you need to use Python for penetration testing (pentesting), with the help of detailed code examples. We start by exploring the basics of networking with Python and then proceed to network hacking. Then, you will delve into exploring Python libraries to perform various types of pentesting and ethical hacking techniques. Next, we delve into hacking the application layer, where we start by gathering information from a website. We then move on to concepts related to website hacking—such as parameter tampering, DDoS, XSS, and SQL injection. By reading this book, you will learn different techniques and methodologies that will familiarize you with Python pentesting techniques, how to protect yourself, and how to create automated programs to find the admin console, SQL injection, and XSS attacks.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

The MAC flooding attack

MAC flooding entails flooding the switch with a large number of requests. Content Addressable Memory (CAM) separates a switch from a hub. It stores information, such as the MAC address of the connected devices with the physical port number. Every MAC in a CAM table is assigned a switch port number. With this information, the switch knows where to send Ethernet frames. The size of the CAM tables is fixed. You might wonder what happens when the CAM tables get a large number of requests. In such a case, the switch turns into a hub, and the incoming frames are flooded out on all ports, giving the attacker access to network communication.

How the switch uses the CAM tables

The switch learns the MAC address...