Audience

This book is for anyone interested in extending existing open source network assessment tools and in writing their own assessment tools. Hundreds of other network assessment books are available today, but they simply teach readers how to use existing tools, while neglecting to teach them how to modify existing security tools to suit their needs. If you are a network security assessment professional or hobbyist, and if you have always wanted to learn how to tweak and write your own security tools, this book is for you.