Ethical Hacking ( Footprinting )

Footprinting
The fine art of gathering information is called Footprinting.

There are two major types of Footprinting.
1 - Passive Footprinting
Passive footprinting is a method in which the attacker never makes any contact with the target system. e.g
Google Search - inurl intitle: site: filetype
Whois Queries
DNS Lookup
Social Networking Sites

2 - Active Footprinting
Active footprinting is a method in which the attacker makes a contact with the target system.

Active Footprinting ( Mirroring Website ) and Tools
Download the all available contents for offline analysis.

• Teleport Pro
• iMiser
• HTTracker website Copier

Email Tracking and Tools
Examine the Email Processing path.

• Email tracker pro
• MSGTAG
• Politemail
• Zendio

Continue . . . . . . . . . . Active Footprinting

After learning the Footprinting you will be able to find information about the targets.

Server Verification

• Determine Servers are reachable?
• Emulate Network path From attacker to target
• Identify connectivity with the target

Some Extra useful Tools For Footprinting

• Ping
• Tracert
• Visual Traceroute
• Spam Spade
• TCR Trace Route