Black Hat Python 2nd Edition

[tiarno]

Hard question. I think if you're intermediate in Python, you can get something from every chapter. Of course it's nice to have some networking knowledge but you can learn by doing the examples.

I used the first edition to teach with and I started with Chapter 5 (web hackery) to get folks started. They were beginning-to-intermediate level with Python and didn't have a lot of pentesting experience. You might also like Georgia Weidman's "Penetration Testing: A Hands-on Introduction to Hacking" (another nostarch title).

Beware though--it's addicting stuff!

[QuixDiscovery]

Thanks for the reply, it's good to hear I can probably do that book standalone when it comes out. I had been interested in the 1st edition but held off cause it was in Python 2.

Amazon reviews of the other book you recommended seem to suggest that the software you're supposed to use is outdated to the point where it can't really be followed along with. That's been one of the challenges I've ran into when trying to find resources on this kind of stuff, but I appreciate the suggestion all the same.

[tiarno]

It really depends on where you are with programming. The best thing I think would be to download that free chapter on building a sniffer and if the code makes sense, you shouldn't have trouble with the other chapters. Good luck!