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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

You're reading from   Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux Testing web security is best done through simulating an attack. Kali Linux lets you do this to professional standards and this is the book you need to be fully up-to-speed with this powerful open-source toolkit.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782163169
Length 342 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Penetration Testing and Setup FREE CHAPTER 2. Reconnaissance 3. Server-side Attacks 4. Client-side Attacks 5. Attacking Authentication 6. Web Attacks 7. Defensive Countermeasures 8. Penetration Test Executive Report Index

Summary


This chapter served as an introduction to Penetration Testing Web Applications and an overview of setting up Kali Linux. We started off defining best practices for performing Penetration Testing services including defining risk and differences between various services. The key takeaway is to understand what makes a Penetration Test different from other security services, how to properly scope a level of service and best method to perform services. Positioning the right expectations upfront with a potential client will better qualify the opportunity and simplify developing an acceptable scope of work.

This chapter continued with providing an overview of Kali Linux. Topics included how to download your desired version of Kali Linux, ways to perform the installation, and brief overview of toolsets available. The next chapter will cover how to perform Reconnaissance on a target. This is the first and most critical step in delivering Penetration Testing services.

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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux
Published in: Sep 2013
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781782163169
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