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Test a Network Using Python

In this lab, you’ll practice using the Python scripting language and look at the different ways Python can be used to help perform network testing. When you’re finished, you’ll have the necessary skills and knowledge to perform network assessments within Python for daily activities relevant to pen testing and offensive security.

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(66)
Level
Beginner
Last updated
Aug 04, 2025
Duration
40m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Testing the Network

    In this challenge you will scan the corporate network, looking for targets, looking for weaknesses and helping to strengthen your company's overall security posture. You will perform recon, scan, and gain access with Python as a core technology to help you achieve results in a repeatable way.

  3. Challenge

    Firewall Audit

    In this challenge you will use Python to audit the company firewall protecting your company server. You will learn to automate the technique, gather and analyze the firewall settings, and provide recommendations to make your company more secure!

  4. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

About the author

Tim Coakley is a Senior Security Solutions Architect for a large multi-national organisation and an author at PluralSight. Tim started a long and successful full-time career in Digital Forensics supporting the criminal justice system and law enforcement on a long list of criminal cases.

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