Types of pen testing | Important points of pen testing | phases of penetration testing.

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Black Box.

                  The black box is a type of penetration testing in which the pen tester is blind testing or double-blind testing. It has no prior knowledge of the system or any information of target. 

Gray Box.

                  It is a type of penetration testing in which the pen tester has very limited prior knowledge of system or any information of targets such as IP Addresses, operating system in very limited. Gray boxing are designed as an insider that might have information about system and to counter an attack as the pen tester has basic, limited information regarding target.

White Box.

                 White Box is a type of penetration testing in which the pen tester has complete knowledge of the system and complete information about the target. This type of pen testing is done by internal security teams.

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Phases of Pen Testing.

                   Pen Testing is a three-phase testing.

1- Pre-Attack Phase

2- Attack Phase

3- Post-Attack Phase