Penetration testing a network requires a delicate balance of art and
science. A penetration tester must be creative enough to think outside
of the box to determine the best attack vector into his own network,
and also be expert in using the literally hundreds of tools required to
execute the plan. This book provides both the art and the science.

The
authors of the book are expert penetration testers who have developed
many of the leading pen testing tools; such as the Metasploit
framework. The authors allow the reader "inside their heads" to unravel
the mysteries of thins like identifying targets, enumerating hosts,
application fingerprinting, cracking passwords, and attacking exposed
vulnerabilities. Along the way, the authors provide an invaluable
reference to the hundreds of tools included on the bootable-Linux CD
for penetration testing.

* Covers both the methodology of penetration testing and all of the tools used by malicious hackers and penetration testers

* The book is authored by many of the tool developers themselves

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This is the only book that comes packaged with the "Auditor Security
Collection"; a bootable Linux CD with over 300 of the most popular open
source penetration testing tools