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Published inFeb 2024
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Daniel W. Dieterle
Daniel W. Dieterle
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Daniel W. Dieterle

Daniel W. Dieterle, with over 20 years in IT, has evolved from a system and network support role to a dedicated Computer Security Researcher and Author. His expertise, honed in diverse environments like corporate data centers and Ivy League schools, is reflected in his Kali Linux-based books, widely used globally for security training in universities, government, and private sectors. He has contributed to numerous technical books, articles, and security training classes, and is passionate about mentoring newcomers in the field.
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Wordlists for Directory Path or Server Brute Forcing
Of course, password cracking isn’t the only use for wordlists. Many security tools use wordlists for web or directory path enumeration. These tools aren’t cracking passwords, but use wordlists to automatically search for directories or files on servers. These lists contain things like common control panel & configuration file names and webserver data paths. 
     https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists
     https://gist.github.com/jhaddix
     https://wordlists.assetnote.io/
When you download wordlists, there are usually a lot of words that are duplicates or the wordlist can contain a lot of useless information. The following is a tool to clean up wordlists from useless or random junk:
      https://github.com/BonJarber/SecUtils - Clean Wordlist (I do disagree with classifying some symbols as “Noise...
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Published in: Feb 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781835888544

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Daniel W. Dieterle

Daniel W. Dieterle, with over 20 years in IT, has evolved from a system and network support role to a dedicated Computer Security Researcher and Author. His expertise, honed in diverse environments like corporate data centers and Ivy League schools, is reflected in his Kali Linux-based books, widely used globally for security training in universities, government, and private sectors. He has contributed to numerous technical books, articles, and security training classes, and is passionate about mentoring newcomers in the field.
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