Penetration Testing : Ethical Hacking
Janne Metso · Theseus (Ammattikorkeakoulujen) · 2019
The subject of this thesis is Penetration testing (pentesting), also known as Ethical or White Hat Hacking. It is a subject that intrigues many people, especially the ones working in business information technology area. The author of this thesis has wanted to learn pentesting for a while now and the fine art of pentesting is a great asset to a system administrator. Gaining knowledge about pentesting gives good tools to control and document the security of the system one is responsible for. At the same time as learning pentesting opens a door to a whole new world, it will benefit the maker of this thesis by giving a good base knowledge for the world of penetration testing. This thesis will only be about theory of pentesting in general and introducing pentesting tools. It will not cover any other aspects of security and network testing.