The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing serves as an introduction to the steps necessary to complete or perform penetration testing ethical hacking. This book covers the use of one example (pen test targets) all the way through the book that allows you to clearly see how the equipment and associated phase. Each chapter contains hands-on examples to teach you how to interpret results and use those results at a later stage Written by an author who has practical experience as a Penetration Tester and who has taught "Introduction to Penetration Testing" for 5 years Utilizing Backtrack Linux distributions and "core" equipment needed to complete the penetration test