Network Footprinting
1.9 Network Footprinting
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The next step after retrieving the DNS information is gathering network-related information. We will now discuss network footprinting, a method of gathering network-related information. This section describes how to locate network range, determine the OS, Traceroute, and the Traceroute tools.
Locate the Network Range
One needs to gather basic and important information about the target organization such as what the organization does, who works there, and what type of work they perform in order to perform a network footprinting. The answers to these questions provide information about the internal structure of the target network.