GRAY HAT PYTHON Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers
by Justin Seitz
San Francisco
GRAY HAT PYTHON. Copyright © 2009 by Justin Seitz.
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ISBN-10: 1-59327-192-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-192-3
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Seitz, Justin.  Gray hat Python : Python programming for hackers and reverse engineers / Justin Seitz.       p. cm.  ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-192-3  ISBN-10: 1-59327-192-1 1.  Computer security. 2.  Python (Computer program language)  I. Title.   QA76.9.A25S457 2009  005.8--dc22                                                            2009009107
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