Security and Privacy in a Networked World/Programming in Python

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Python?

Python is a programming language developed by Guido van Rossum in 1989. It is a full-fledged, generic programming language with many different uses, in networking security it is often used as a tool to write short scripts for managing (and sometimes also, attacking) computer networks.

Python is often deemed as a good choice to start learning programming with, as its syntax is relatively simple and it directs its user towards good programming style by using indenting to mark structural blocks in programs (most other well-known languages - e.g. Java, C or Pascal - allow free placement of program statements and denote blocks with keywords or symbols). Also, it is included by default in most modern Unix-based operating systems (including OS X as well as almost all Linux distributions and BSD Unixes). Python is also used to write some system software, e.g. the graphic installers used by Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora. Finally, Python is an option for writing scripts in LibreOffice (similar to the role of Visual Basic for Applications used in MS Office).

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