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Remote access tools

Remote access tools

From the course: CompTIA PenTest (PT0-002) Cert Prep

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Remote access tools

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- One of the most common goals of any pen testing environment is to compromise resources. And compromising resources often means that you are able to accomplish a mechanism that gives you remote access to another resource. So remote access tools are crucial and central to many of our activities. We basically want to be able to log into or gain some sort of access to a target resource. So let's look at a few of the tools that'll help us do just that. The four main tools that you'll need to be aware of for the PenTest exam would be SSH, NCAT, NETCAT, and Proxychains. SSH is a secure shell. It's a combination of Telnet plus security. It makes it possible to reach out on an encrypted tunnel and log into another resource. NETCAT and NCAT are actually the same tools, and they can be called by either typing in NETCAT or nc, and they're included or available in most operating systems. If you want an alternative to NETCAT, there is NCAT, which is very similar to NETCAT, but it was written by…

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