Footprinting and Reconnaissance Flashcards
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What is the primary goal of footprinting in ethical hacking?
Answer: Gather information about the target to plan an attack
Footprinting is the first phase of ethical hacking where information is collected about the target organization to identify potential attack surfaces before any exploitation.
Which command-line tool is primarily used for querying DNS records such as MX records to identify a domain's mail servers?
Answer: nslookup
nslookup is used to query DNS servers and retrieve specific record types including MX records that identify mail servers for a domain.
What does OSINT stand for in the context of ethical hacking reconnaissance?
Answer: Open Source Intelligence
OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) refers to gathering information exclusively from publicly available sources without direct interaction with the target.
Which type of footprinting does NOT involve direct interaction with the target system?
Answer: Passive footprinting
Passive footprinting gathers information through indirect means such as search engines and public databases, leaving no trace on the target's logs.
What is the primary purpose of a WHOIS lookup during the footprinting phase?
Answer: Retrieve domain registration and ownership information
WHOIS lookup retrieves registration details about a domain including owner contact information, registrar, registration dates, and name servers.
Which Google search operator is used to search for specific file types hosted on a target website?
Answer: filetype:
The 'filetype:' Google dork operator restricts results to specific file extensions (e.g., PDF, XLS, DOC) which may expose sensitive documents.
What is Maltego primarily used for during the footprinting and reconnaissance phase?
Answer: Visual link analysis and open-source intelligence gathering
Maltego is an OSINT and forensics tool that graphically visualizes relationships between entities such as people, organizations, domains, and IP addresses discovered during reconnaissance.