wget
use to download files from web via HTTP
provide wget the address of the resource
$ wget https://www.address.com/file
SCP SSH
scp = secure copy
unlike cp, scp transfers files between 2 computers using ssh protocol to provide authentication and encryption
assuming SOURCE and DESTINATION, SCP allows
copy files and directories
from current system to remote system
from remote system to current system
scp
scp ubuntu@192.168.1.30:/home/ubuntu/documents.txt notes.txt
user @ ip:file location new name on our system¶
Serving files from your host
Ubuntu comes pre-packaged with python3 that comes with a module called “HTTPServer"
this module turns you computer into a quick webserver that you can use to serve files.
they can then be downloaded by another machine using curl and wget
$ python3 -m http.server
starts the module¶
$ wget http://127.0.0.1:8000/file
retrieves file from 127.0.0.1¶
$ curl -vv http://securitylive.com
retrives request and response headers and cipher headers with full verbosity.¶
-d
sends the request as a post¶
-H