What is footprinting?!! Quick Fix tip... (Part 1)

Footprints are part of the reconnaissance process and are used to collect possible information about target computer systems or networks. The footprint can be passive and active. Reviewing the company's website is an example of a passive footprint, trying to acquire confidential information through social engineering is an example of collecting activity information.

Footprints are basically the first step in finding ways a hacker gathers as much information as possible and intruding into the target system, or at least determines which type of target is appropriate for the attack. At this stage, hackers can collect the following information

• Domain name
• IP Addresses
• Namespaces
• Employee information
• Phone numbers
• E-mails
• Job Information

The next section describes how to extract basic and easy access to information about computer systems and networks connected to the Internet.

Domain Name Information:

     Use the website http://www.whois.com/whois to obtain detailed information on domain name information (owner, registrant, registration date, expiration date, name server, owner's contact information, etc.) can.

Here is a sample record of www.tutorialspoint.com extracted from WHOIS Lookup

Quick Fix

It's always recommended to keep your domain name profile a private one which should hide the above-mentioned information from potential hackers.

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