Python Penetration Testing: Discovering Obfuscated Web Applications

R. Eric Kiser

At some point in our technology careers, we have all heard that obfuscation does not provide security but has anyone ever explained why to their users? I had a department head who was certain that a web app could not be discovered by anyone who did not know what port it was running on. He knew I was going to test this and prevented my tools from scanning the target. Could this be, was I wrong? Did …

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