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The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy (Syngress Basics Series)

by Patrick Engebretson

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The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing serves as an introduction to the steps required to complete a penetration test or perform an ethical hack. You learn how to properly utilize and interpret the results of modern day hacking tools; which are required to complete a penetration test. Tool coverage will include, Backtrack Linux, Google, Whois, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat, Netbus, and more. A simple and clean explanation of how to utilize these tools will allow you to gain a show more solid understanding of each of the four phases and prepare them to take on more in-depth texts and show less

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Patrick Engebretson

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Published: 2011
Genres: Technology, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 005.8
LCC: QA76.9 .A25 .E5443

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