Ebook: BackTrack 5 Cookbook

"BackTrack 5 Cookbook" provides you with practical recipes featuring many popular tools that cover the basics of a penetration test: information gathering, vulnerability identification, exploitation, priviledge escalation, and covering your tracks.

What will you learn from this book

Install and set up BackTrack 5 on multiple platforms
Customize BackTrack to fit your individual needs
Exploit vulnerabilities found with Metasploit
Locate vulnerabilities Nessus and OpenVAS
Provide several solutions to escalate privileges on a compromised machine
Learn how to use BackTrack in all phases of a penetration test
Crack WEP/WPA/WPA2 Encryption
Learn how to monitor and eavesdrop on VOIP networks

Approach

This is a cookbook with the necessary explained commands and code to learn BackTrack thoroughly. It smoothes your learning curve through organized recipes.

Who this book is written for

This book is for anyone who desires to come up to speed in using BackTrack 5 or for use as a reference for seasoned penetration testers.