Information Gathering Techniques¶

Network Information Gathering Tips¶

• Public channels
• Target web pages, geographic locations, related organizations
• Organizational structure and personnel, personal profiles, phone numbers, emails
• Network configuration, security protection mechanism strategies and technical details
• Methods for searching for specific security vulnerabilities or private information through search engines
• Google Hacking Database
• Circumventing internet restrictions

Basic Search Tips¶

• Google basic search and mining techniques
• Keep keywords simple and clear
• Use words most likely to appear on the web pages you want to find
• Describe what you are looking for as concisely as possible
• Choose uniquely descriptive words
• Public information database queries
• Personal information: Census Bureau
• Entities such as businesses: YellowPages, business credit information websites
• Websites, domains, IPs: whois, etc.

Map and Street View Search¶

• International: Google Map, Google Earth, Google Street View
• China: Baidu Maps, Satellite Maps, Street View
• From the digital world to the physical world: IP2Location
• whois database
• GeoIP
• IP2Location
• CZ88 Database (QQ IP Lookup)