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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

Updating Kali Linux

Before you start using your Kali Linux machine, you need to make sure that you're up to date. The command to update Kali Linux is straightforward, and you will get used to it, since you will have to execute it at least once a week, or before installing any new application:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade -y
reboot

The -y in the upgrade command will accept the prompts automatically. You will not need to press the letter Y every time the upgrade asks you a question.

You are probably curious to know where the configuration file for the update repositories is located in Kali. The path to the configuration file is /etc/apt/sources.list (the # at the beginning of a line means it's commented):

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