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Kali Linux 2018: Windows Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Kali Linux 2018: Windows Penetration Testing Conduct network testing, surveillance, and pen testing on MS Windows using Kali Linux 2018

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788997461
Length 404 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Wolf Halton Wolf Halton
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Bo Weaver Bo Weaver
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Preface 1. Choosing Your Distro FREE CHAPTER 2. Sharpening the Saw 3. Information Gathering and Vulnerability Assessments 4. Sniffing and Spoofing 5. Password Attacks 6. NetBIOS Name Service and LLMNR - Obsolete but Still Deadly 7. Gaining Access 8. Windows Privilege Escalation and Maintaining Access 9. Maintaining Access on Server or Desktop 10. Reverse Engineering and Stress Testing 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Setting up and configuring OpenVAS

Recon is everything, so a good vulnerability scanner is essential. Kali used to come with OpenVAS installed. Now you have to install OpenVAS.

To install:

root@kalibook :~#  apt -y install openvas  

It must be configured and updated before use. Fortunately, Kali comes with a helpful script to set this up. This can be found under Applications | Vulnerability analysis | openvas initial setup. Clicking on this will open a Terminal window and run the script for you. This will set up self-signed certificates for SSL and download the latest vulnerability files and related data. It will also generate a password for the admin account on the system.

Be sure and save this password; you will need it to log in. You can change it after your first login.

Kali also comes with a check set up script which will check the services and configuration. If an issue...

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