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

Petar Boyanov

doi:10.46687/jsar.v25i1.377

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, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3668-6713

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