So it is important to see how hacking tools are really just software tools that carry out
some specific type of procedure to achieve a desired result. The tools can be used for
good (defensive) purposes or for bad (offensive) purposes. The good and the bad guys
use the same toolset; it is just the intent that is practiced when operating these utilities
that differs. It is imperative for the security professional to understand how to use these
tools, and how attacks are carried out, if he is going to be of any use to his customer and
to the industry.
Emulating the Attack
Once network administrators, engineers, and security professionals understand how
attackers work, they can emulate the attackers??™ activities if they plan on carrying out a
useful penetration test (???pen test???). But why would anyone want to emulate an attack?
Because this is the only way to truly test an environment??™s security level??”how it will
react when a real attack is being carried out on it.
This book walks you through these different steps so that you can understand how
many types of attacks take place. It can help you develop methodologies of how to emulate
similar activities to test your company??™s security level.
Many elementary ethical hacking books are already available in every bookstore.
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