Re: Penetration Testing Literature

[Sebastian Schlag <schlag.sebastian () googlemail com>]

Hi everyone,

thank you for your answers!

@ Chad Boyd: Thanks for the recommendation of "A Gift of Fire" - I'll 
add this one to my literature list.

@ Sekhar Vedantam: I read this guide together with "The Web Application 
Hacker's Handbook" and "How to Break Web Software" while researching 
some basics on how to test web applications and it was pretty useful.

@redmond1980: I've heard from quite a few people now, that Kraft's book 
is a bit outdated. I'll give it a try and otherwise start with Ruef's book.

Best regards
Sebastian

Sebastian Schlag wrote:
> Hi,
> i'm a student of Applied Computer Science and currently preparing for 
> a student research project on "Systematic Penetration Testing".
> Right now i'm searching for literature.
>
> Currently i plan to read the following books:
>
> - Marc Ruef  - Die Kunst des Penetration Testing
> - Thomas Wilhelm - Professional Penetration Testing: Creating and 
> Operating a Formal Hacking Lab
> - Peter B. Kraft - Network Hacking: Professionelle Angriffs- und 
> Verteidigungstechniken
> - Chris Hurley - Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit, Second Edition
>
> What do you think? What books would you recommend to read?
>
> Best Regards
> Sebastian


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