Python Resources related with web security

Pycode Pycode at Pyc.ode
Mon Nov 25 21:51:36 EST 2019


On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:48:59 -0600, Tim Chase wrote:

> On 2019-11-25 21:25, Pycode wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 10:41:29 +1300, DL Neil wrote:
>>> Are such email addresses 'open' and honest?
>> 
>> you are not being helpful or answer the question..
> 
> What DL Neil seems to be getting at is that there's been an uptick in
> questions
> 
> 1) where we don't know who you (and several other recent posters) are:
> 
>   - The pyc.ode domain-name of your email address isn't a
>     real/registered domain
> 
>   - there doesn't seem to be much evidence of you being part of the
>     Python community with a history of other messages
> 
>   Neither factor inspires much confidence.
> 
> 2) you (and others) are asking to be spoonfed example code that could
> cause problems on the internet.
> 
>>>> can anyone post links for python resources that contain tools and
>>>> scripts related with security and pentesting?
> 
> They're the sorts of tools that, if the community deems you a
> non-threatening-actor, they might point you in the right direction. But
> not knowing who you are (see point #1 above), I imagine folks here are
> hesitant.  And almost certainly not going to spoon-feed example code
> that could then end up attacking sites on the web.
> 
> So I suspect DL Neil was raising awareness to make sure that anybody who
> *did* answer your questions might take the time to think about the
> potential consequences of the actions.  So DL *is* being helpful, but
> rather to the community, even if not necessarily to you in particular.
> 
>> can someone answer? maybe should i ask on the mailing list?
> 
> You did.  The usenet & mailing lists are mirrored.  Though perhaps if
> you post from a legit mail identity/address (whether to the mailing list
> or usenet), it might help folks evaluate whether you're a "white hat" or
> a "black hat" (or somewhere in between).
> 
> 
> As to your questions, all the basics are available:  materials on
> security & pentesting are a web-search away, and Python provides
> libraries for both socket-level interfaces & application-specific
> protocols.  How you choose to combine them is up to you.  How the
> community chooses to assist you in combining them largely depends on how
> much they trust you.
> 
> -tkc

which keywords should i use for web-search? do you have a list?
what is the best "manual" for the specific security topic?

Thank you


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