"In Penetration Testing, security researcher and trainer Georgia Weidman provides you with a survey of important skills that any aspiring pentester needs. This beginner-friendly book opens with some basics of programming and helps you navigate Kali Linux, an operating system that comes preloaded with useful computer security tools like Wireshark and Metasploit. You'll learn about gathering information on a target, social engineering, capturing network...

"Builds a foundation of Linux skills; this guide also addresses MySQL, postgresql, and Python scripting. Provides access to numerous real-world examples and hands-on exercises"--

This book teaches you how to set up the latest CentOS Linux network services including DNS, DHCP, SSH and VNC, Web, FTP, Mail, Firewall, and LDAP, enabling you to provide these services on your own network. CentOS continues to be a popular Linux distribution choice, and setting up your own services is a key skill for anyone maintaining a CentOS network. You will learn how to install CentOS, and manage basic administration. You'll then move onto understanding...

This indispensable classic packed with carefully-constructed real-world examples and clear explanations focused on Linux's most useful utilities and options now covers even more of Linux's best tools and offers complete primers on Linux's leading database (MySQL) and scripting language (Python). Linus is today's dominant Internet server platform. System administrators and Web developers need deep Linux fluency, including expert knowledge of shells...

This book covers topics such as: installing Linux, the command line interface, basic commands and scripting, Linux file-management system, installing and using Linux applications, administration and security.