Question

What are the different types of penetration testing?

Answer 1

There are five types of penetration testing:

1. Black Box: In this, the hacker attempts to detect information by own means.
2. External Penetration Testing: In this case, the ethical hacker attempts to hack using public networks through the Internet. 
3. Internal Penetration Testing: The ethical hacker is inside the network of the company and conducts his tests from there.
4. White Box: In this, an ethical hacker is provided with all the necessary information about the infrastructure and the network of the organization that needs to penetrate.
5. Grey Box: It this, the hacker has partial knowledge of the infrastructure, like its domain name server.

Answer 2

The different types of penetration testing are:

1. Black Box: The attackers try to detect information by their own means.
2. External Penetration Testing: The hacker tries to hack using public networks through the Internet. 
3. Internal Penetration Testing: The attacker is inside the network of the company and conducts the tests from there.
4. Grey Box: The hacker has partial knowledge of the infrastructure. 
5. White Box: Ethical hackers are provided with all the necessary information about the infrastructure and the network of the organization that needs to be penetrated.