On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:48:59 -0600, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2019-11-25 21:25, Pycode wrote: >> On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 10:41:29 +1300, DL Neil wrote: >>> Are such email addresses 'open' and honest? >> >> you are not being helpful or answer the question.. > > What DL Neil seems to be getting at is that there's been an uptick in > questions > > 1) where we don't know who you (and several other recent posters) are: > > - The pyc.ode domain-name of your email address isn't a > real/registered domain > > - there doesn't seem to be much evidence of you being part of the > Python community with a history of other messages > > Neither factor inspires much confidence. > > 2) you (and others) are asking to be spoonfed example code that could > cause problems on the internet. > >>>> can anyone post links for python resources that contain tools and >>>> scripts related with security and pentesting? > > They're the sorts of tools that, if the community deems you a > non-threatening-actor, they might point you in the right direction. But > not knowing who you are (see point #1 above), I imagine folks here are > hesitant. And almost certainly not going to spoon-feed example code > that could then end up attacking sites on the web. > > So I suspect DL Neil was raising awareness to make sure that anybody who > *did* answer your questions might take the time to think about the > potential consequences of the actions. So DL *is* being helpful, but > rather to the community, even if not necessarily to you in particular. > >> can someone answer? maybe should i ask on the mailing list? > > You did. The usenet & mailing lists are mirrored. Though perhaps if > you post from a legit mail identity/address (whether to the mailing list > or usenet), it might help folks evaluate whether you're a "white hat" or > a "black hat" (or somewhere in between). > > > As to your questions, all the basics are available: materials on > security & pentesting are a web-search away, and Python provides > libraries for both socket-level interfaces & application-specific > protocols. How you choose to combine them is up to you. How the > community chooses to assist you in combining them largely depends on how > much they trust you. > > -tkc
which keywords should i use for web-search? do you have a list? what is the best "manual" for the specific security topic? Thank you -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
