BASIC NETWORK PENETRATION TESTING WITH THE NETWORK TOOL NETCAT IN LINUX-BASED OPERATING SYSTEMS

BASIC NETWORK PENETRATION TESTING WITH THE NETWORK TOOL NETCAT IN LINUX-BASED OPERATING SYSTEMS

Authors

  • Petar Boyanov Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Bulgaria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46687/jsar.v25i1.377

Keywords:

Connection, Linux, Monitoring, Penetration, Port, Reverse shell, Scanning, Security, Sniffer, Testing, TCP, Traffic, UDP, Vulnerability

Abstract

In this scientific article a basic network penetration testing with the network tool Netcat in Linux-based operating systems is presented.

Author Biography

Petar Boyanov, Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Bulgaria

Petar Boyanov, Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Bulgaria, ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3668-6713

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Published

29.11.2023

How to Cite

Boyanov, P. (2023). BASIC NETWORK PENETRATION TESTING WITH THE NETWORK TOOL NETCAT IN LINUX-BASED OPERATING SYSTEMS: BASIC NETWORK PENETRATION TESTING WITH THE NETWORK TOOL NETCAT IN LINUX-BASED OPERATING SYSTEMS. JOURNAL SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH, 25(1), 15–30. https://doi.org/10.46687/jsar.v25i1.377

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