Hacking and Footprinting

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts related to hacking, footprinting, and network reconnaissance.

The Onion Router (Tor)

A network that provides anonymous outgoing TCP connections through layered cryptography and a SOCKS proxy.

Vidalia

Discontinued cross-platform GUI for controlling Tor.

Privoxy

A free web proxy for enhancing privacy by manipulating cookies and modifying web page data and HTTP headers.

tor-resolve

A script to connect to a SOCKS proxy, provide a hostname, and return an IP address.

Proxychains

A tool to force applications to use Tor as a proxy, even if they don't natively support it.

Nmap

A free software tool for performing port scanning to identify open ports on a target computer.

Footprinting

The process of gathering information about a target organization to create a profile of their digital presence.

WHOIS

A database that stores information about domain names, IP addresses, and registrant details.

DNS Enumeration

The process of gathering information about an organization by querying DNS servers.

HINFO record

DNS record providing host information, such as CPU architecture and operating system.