enumeration using nslookup …

Interaction with a DNS server can be done by using programs like dig,nslookup etc.
nslookup is a very useful tool which can be used for forwarding dns requests to and from a dns server.

I have chosen to use “checkpoint.com” as the site on which commands like nslookup can be used upon. The choice of site is based on no malicious intent.

enumeration using “whois” ….

whois is a TCP service, a tool and a database. Whois databases contain information about nameservers, registrars, and contact information. It can be used to perform different kinds of forward and reverse lookups; both of which will be explained in this article.

enumeration using netcraft …

Another online resource for information gathering is the website http://www.netcraft.com

Netcraft is an internet monitoring company which monitors uptimes and providing server OS detection. It can be used to find out information about websevers, the operating systems they use, web server version etc. Try it out, you`ll be surprised at the amount of information they provide…

You could get a better idea of the company by simply googling it or reading about it on Wikipedia.

enumeration using google….?

Google is undoubtedly the most popular search engine around. much importance is to be laid on the way in which you utilize this resource as this is often overlooked. the method by which you can make clever search queries to get information on company servers, contact numbers, files and services on a particular server and much much more is referred to as Google hacking.

an intro to the coolest linux distro EVER….

one fine day i decide to take my work a little bit more seriously; and i google “security distro`s”. i come across a slackware variant known as “backtrack”. on further reading i get to know that it`s currently rated #1 among security distro`s and that it was created from two pre-existing distro`s named “WHAX” and “Auditor”.

i did something which any guy my age would do.

i downloaded the live CD image of the distro; burned a CD and booted it up. i had no idea what was in store for me. it offered various boot options and  i chose to use the KDE 3.5 interface which it offered. on further snooping around, i found that the number of tools in backtrack3 topped 150.

it was overwhelming.

then i did something not many guys my age would be crazy enough to attempt alone.

i started working on the tools one-by-one. being just 19 years old and having only the very basic idea of networking and OS architecture; i set off. it was`nt easy as my foundations were weak; in most of the cases i just did not have one. the first tool i came across was netcat. now, i`ve decided to release tutorials on the tools i`ve mastered. they`re no shortcut. but they`ll help you on what exactly to learn; thus helping you use these tools in a faster and more efficient manner than i did(hopefully ). these tutorials assume you have a basic idea on networking and OS`s like linux and its variants.

the tutorials`ll be put up soon enough…