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Practical Web Penetration Testing

You're reading from  Practical Web Penetration Testing

Product type Book
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788624039
Pages 294 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Gus Khawaja Gus Khawaja
Profile icon Gus Khawaja

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface 1. Building a Vulnerable Web Application Lab 2. Kali Linux Installation 3. Delving Deep into the Usage of Kali Linux 4. All About Using Burp Suite 5. Understanding Web Application Vulnerabilities 6. Application Security Pre-Engagement 7. Application Threat Modeling 8. Source Code Review 9. Network Penetration Testing 10. Web Intrusion Tests 11. Pentest Automation Using Python 12. Nmap Cheat Sheet 13. Metasploit Cheat Sheet 14. Netcat Cheat Sheet 15. Networking Reference Section 16. Python Quick Reference 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Metasploit framework

Start a Metasploit with the following script file:

$msfconsole -r test.rc

To run Metasploit, use the following command:

$msfconsole

Using the database

In Kali Linux, you will need to start up the postgresql server before using the database:

$ systemctl start postgresql

After starting postgresql, you will need to create and initialize the msf database with msfdb init:

$ msfdb init

If you just created a new exploit and want to refresh metasploit db to start using the newly created exploit, enter the following:

$service postgresql restart && msfdb reinit

Then, type the following command:

$msfconsole -q

The -q will start msfconsole in debug mode, so if you made mistakes in your new exploit class, the...

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