Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "We can see that we used the post/windows/manage/inject_host module on SESSION 1, and inserted the entry into the target's host file."

A block of code is set as follows:

 irb(main):001:0> 2
=> 2 

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

 msf > openvas_config_list
[+] OpenVAS list of configs 

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Click on the Connect button in the pop-up box to set up a connection."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.