Mastering Python for Networking and Security

Master Python scripting to build a network and perform security operations

Key Features

• Learn to handle cyber attacks with modern Python scripting
• Discover various Python libraries for building and securing your network
• Understand Python packages and libraries to secure your network infrastructure

Book Description

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

Who this book is for

This book is ideal for network engineers, system administrators, or any security professional looking at tackling networking and security challenges. Programmers with some prior experience in Python will get the most out of this book. Some basic understanding of general programming structures and Python is required.