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Hacking: Tools of the Trade (Part 3)

Over the course of part two in this article series we covered both netcat and ettercap. What we shall now cover in the final part of this series is a packet crafter and an HTTP proxy. Read on to find out more about these very powerful tools of the trade.

So far in this article series based on tools used in the computer security industry we have gone over quite a few of the most commonly used tools. We have so far looked at a packet sniffer, a network scanner, the incredibly useful netcat, and man-in-the-middle suite of tools known as Ettercap. What more would you really need to know in terms of "must know" programs? Well realistically a packet crafter such as Nemesis, and an HTTP proxy such as SPIKE. Both of these programs will allow you a great range of options in an effort to secure your network. You are only really limited in what you can do with these tools by your knowledge of, you guessed it, TCP/IP. Sorry to be harping about this knowledge area again, but if you don?t know it well it will come back to haunt you every time. That said why don?t we get on with the article and start taking a look at Nemesis, the packet crafter extraordinaire. Tools of the Trade (Part 3)

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