Python for secret agents : analyze, encrypt, and uncover intelligence data using python, the essential tool for all aspiring secret agents /
Lott, Steven F.,
Python for secret agents : analyze, encrypt, and uncover intelligence data using python, the essential tool for all aspiring secret agents / Steven F. Lott ; cover image by Jarek Blaminsky. - 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations - Community Experience Distilled . - Community experience distilled. .
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Our Espionage Toolkit; Getting the tools of the trade -- Python 3.3; Windows secrets; Mac OS X secrets; Getting more tools -- a text editor; Getting other developer tools; Getting a tool to get more Python components; Confirming our tools; How do we stop?; Using the help system; Mac OS and GNU/Linux secrets; Windows secrets; Using the help mode; Background briefing -- math and numbers; The usual culprits; The ivory tower of numbers; Integer numbers; Rational numbers. Floating-point numbersDecimal numbers; Complex numbers; Outside the numbers; Assigning values to variables; Writing scripts and seeing output; Gathering user input; Handling exceptions; Looping and trying again; Handling text and strings; Converting between numbers and strings; Parsing strings; Organizing our software; Working with files and folders; Creating a file; Reading a file; Defining more complex logical conditions; Solving problems -- recovering a lost password; Reading a word corpus; Reading a ZIP archive; Using brute-force search; Summary; Chapter 2: Acquiring Intelligence Data. Accessing data from the InternetBackground briefing -- the TCP/IP protocols; Using http.client for HTTP GET; Changing our client information; Using FTP in Python; Downloading a file via FTP; Using our FTP get function; Using urllib for HTTP, FTP, or file access; Using urllib for FTP access; Using a REST API in Python; Getting simple REST data; Using more complex RESTful queries; Saving our data via JSON; Organizing collections of data; Using a Python list; Using list index operations; Using a Python tuple; Using generator expressions with list-of-tuples; Using a Python dictionary mapping. Using the dictionary access methodsTransforming sequences with generator functions; Using the defaultdict and counter mappings; Using a Python set; Using the for statement with a collection; Using Python operators on collections; Solving problems -- currency conversion rates; Summary; Chapter 3: Encoding Secret Messages with Steganography; Background briefing -- handling file formats; Working with the OS filesystem; glob; os; Processing simple text files; Working with ZIP files; Working with JSON files; Working with CSV files; JPEG and PNG graphics -- pixels and metadata. Using the Pillow libraryAdding the required supporting libraries; GNU/Linux secrets; Mac OS X secrets; Windows secrets; Installing and confirming Pillow; Decoding and encoding image data; Manipulating images -- resizing and thumbnails; Manipulating images -- cropping; Manipulating images -- enhancing; Manipulating images -- filtering; Manipulating images -- ImageOps; Some approaches to steganography; Getting the red-channel data; Extracting bytes from Unicode characters; Manipulating bits and bytes; Assembling the bits; Encoding the message; Decoding a message; Detecting and preventing tampering.
If you are a Python beginner who is looking to learn the language through interesting projects, this book is for you. A basic knowledge of programming and statistics is beneficial to get the most out of the book.
9781783980437 (electronic bk.) 1783980435 (electronic bk.) 1783980427 9781783980420
CL0500000484 Safari Books Online
GBB747319 bnb
018006786 Uk
Web sites--Authoring programs.
Web site development--Computer software.
Python (Computer program language)--Juvenile literature.
Sites Web--Systèmes-auteur.
Python (Langage de programmation)--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
COMPUTERS--General.
Python (Computer program language)
Web sites--Authoring programs.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Juvenile works.
TK5105.8883 / .L68 2014eb
006.78
Python for secret agents : analyze, encrypt, and uncover intelligence data using python, the essential tool for all aspiring secret agents / Steven F. Lott ; cover image by Jarek Blaminsky. - 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations - Community Experience Distilled . - Community experience distilled. .
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Our Espionage Toolkit; Getting the tools of the trade -- Python 3.3; Windows secrets; Mac OS X secrets; Getting more tools -- a text editor; Getting other developer tools; Getting a tool to get more Python components; Confirming our tools; How do we stop?; Using the help system; Mac OS and GNU/Linux secrets; Windows secrets; Using the help mode; Background briefing -- math and numbers; The usual culprits; The ivory tower of numbers; Integer numbers; Rational numbers. Floating-point numbersDecimal numbers; Complex numbers; Outside the numbers; Assigning values to variables; Writing scripts and seeing output; Gathering user input; Handling exceptions; Looping and trying again; Handling text and strings; Converting between numbers and strings; Parsing strings; Organizing our software; Working with files and folders; Creating a file; Reading a file; Defining more complex logical conditions; Solving problems -- recovering a lost password; Reading a word corpus; Reading a ZIP archive; Using brute-force search; Summary; Chapter 2: Acquiring Intelligence Data. Accessing data from the InternetBackground briefing -- the TCP/IP protocols; Using http.client for HTTP GET; Changing our client information; Using FTP in Python; Downloading a file via FTP; Using our FTP get function; Using urllib for HTTP, FTP, or file access; Using urllib for FTP access; Using a REST API in Python; Getting simple REST data; Using more complex RESTful queries; Saving our data via JSON; Organizing collections of data; Using a Python list; Using list index operations; Using a Python tuple; Using generator expressions with list-of-tuples; Using a Python dictionary mapping. Using the dictionary access methodsTransforming sequences with generator functions; Using the defaultdict and counter mappings; Using a Python set; Using the for statement with a collection; Using Python operators on collections; Solving problems -- currency conversion rates; Summary; Chapter 3: Encoding Secret Messages with Steganography; Background briefing -- handling file formats; Working with the OS filesystem; glob; os; Processing simple text files; Working with ZIP files; Working with JSON files; Working with CSV files; JPEG and PNG graphics -- pixels and metadata. Using the Pillow libraryAdding the required supporting libraries; GNU/Linux secrets; Mac OS X secrets; Windows secrets; Installing and confirming Pillow; Decoding and encoding image data; Manipulating images -- resizing and thumbnails; Manipulating images -- cropping; Manipulating images -- enhancing; Manipulating images -- filtering; Manipulating images -- ImageOps; Some approaches to steganography; Getting the red-channel data; Extracting bytes from Unicode characters; Manipulating bits and bytes; Assembling the bits; Encoding the message; Decoding a message; Detecting and preventing tampering.
If you are a Python beginner who is looking to learn the language through interesting projects, this book is for you. A basic knowledge of programming and statistics is beneficial to get the most out of the book.
9781783980437 (electronic bk.) 1783980435 (electronic bk.) 1783980427 9781783980420
CL0500000484 Safari Books Online
GBB747319 bnb
018006786 Uk
Web sites--Authoring programs.
Web site development--Computer software.
Python (Computer program language)--Juvenile literature.
Sites Web--Systèmes-auteur.
Python (Langage de programmation)--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
COMPUTERS--General.
Python (Computer program language)
Web sites--Authoring programs.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Juvenile works.
TK5105.8883 / .L68 2014eb
006.78