What you need for this book

To successfully follow all recipes in this book, the reader needs to have a basic understanding of the following topics:

  • Linux OS installation
  • Unix/Linux command-line usage
  • HTML
  • PHP web application programming

The only hardware that is necessary is a personal computer, preferably with Kali Linux 2.0 installed, although it may have any other operation system capable of running VirtualBox or other virtualization software. As for specifications, the recommend setup is:

  • Intel i5, i7, or similar CPU
  • 500 GB hard drive
  • 8 GB RAM
  • Internet connection

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