Goals of footprinting in Hacking

Goals of Footprinting

Footprinting as already discussed is the process of gathering information, on a network or system, with the aim of finding vulnerability. So what exactly are the set goals or the data an ethical hacker needs to gather?

• Network information
• Operating system information
• Organization information
• Network blocks
• Network services
• Application and web application data and configuration information
• System architecture
• Intrusion prevention and detection system
• Employee name
• Work experience

Network Information

One of the most important data to gather during the footprinting stage is the network information on the target system. Hacking can never be successful without getting accurate and up to date data on the target network.

Below are the data an ethical hacker need to get on the network during footprinting.

• Domain names used by the organization.
• Domain used within the organization(intranet)
• IP addressing system
• Unmonitored websites used for testing
• Private websites used
• Telephone information including analog and VoIP(voice over IP)
• Authentication system employed
• Intrusion detection and prevention systems
• VPN (virtual private network)
• Security system (eg firewalls, ACLs etc)

to be continued......

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