Mastering Python for Networking and Security: Leverage Python scripts and libraries to overcome networking and security issues
Authors: Jose Manuel Ortega
ISBN-10: 1788992512
ISBN-13: 9781788992510
Released: 2018-09-28
Print Length 页数: 426 pages
Book Description
It’s becoming more and more apparent that security is a critical aspect of IT infrastructure. A data breach is a major security incident,usually carried out by just hacking a simple network line. Increasing your network’s security helps step up your defenses against cyber attacks. Meanwhile,Python is being used for increasingly advanced tasks,with the latest update introducing many new packages. This book focuses on leveraging these updated packages to build a secure network with the help of Python scripting.
This book covers topics from building a network to the different procedures you need to follow to secure it. You’ll first be introduced to different packages and libraries,before moving on to different ways to build a network with the help of Python scripting. Later,you will learn how to check a network’s vulnerability using Python security scripting,and understand how to check vulnerabilities in your network. As you progress through the chapters,you will also learn how to achieve endpoint protection by leveraging Python packages along with writing forensic scripts. By the end of this book,you will be able to get the most out of the Python language to build secure and robust networks that are resilient to attacks.
Contents
1: WORKING WITH PYTHON SCRIPTING
2: SYSTEM PROGRAMMING PACKAGES
3: SOCKET PROGRAMMING
4: HTTP PROGRAMMING
5: ANALYZING NETWORK TRAFFIC
6: GATHERING INFORMATION FROM SERVERS
7: INTERACTING WITH FTP,SSH,AND SNMP SERVERS
8: WORKING WITH NMAP SCANNERS
9: CONNECTING WITH THE METASPLOIT FRAMEWORK
10: INTERACTING WITH THE VULNERABILITIES SCANNER
11: IDENTIFYING SERVER VULNERABILITIES IN WEB APPLICATIONS
12: EXTRACTING GEOLOCATION AND METADATA FROM DOCUMENTS,IMAGES,AND BROWSERS
13: CRYPTOGRAPHY AND STEGANOGRAPHY
What You Will Learn
Develop Python scripts for automating security and pentesting tasks
Discover the Python standard library’s main modules used for performing security-related tasks
Automate analytical tasks and the extraction of information from servers
Explore processes for detecting and exploiting vulnerabilities in servers
Use network software for Python programming
Perform server scripting and port scanning with Python
Identify vulnerabilities in web applications with Python
Use Python to extract metadata and forensics
Authors
José Manuel Ortega
José Manuel Ortega is a Software Engineer and he focuses on new technologies,open source,security and testing. His career target from the beginning has been to specialize in Python and security testing projects. In recent years he has developed interest in security development,especially in pentesting with python. Currently he is working as a security tester engineer and his functions in the project are analysis and testing the security of applications both web and mobile environments. He has taught at university level and collaborated with the official school of computer engineers. He has also been a speaker at various conferences.He is very enthusiastic to learn about new technologies and he loves to share his knowledge with community.
