To perform information gathering techniques using kali linux

Install kali linux either in partition or virtual box or in live mode

Investigate on the various categories of tools as follows:

Open terminal/browser and try execute necessary commands/use url to perform information gathering

Following Categories of pen test tools are identified for information gathering:

Footprinting is a part of the reconnaissance process which is used for gathering possible information about a target computer system or network.

http://www.whois.com/whois website to get detailed information about a domain name information including its owner, its registrar, date of registration, expiry, name server, owner's contact information, etc.

ping command is available on Windows as well as on Linux OS. Following is the example to find out the IP address of saveetha.ac.in.

ping saveetha.ac.in

get further detail by using ip2location.com website.

nc 172.17.52.118 80

nmap -p 21 -sV --script=banner ftp.vim.org

whatweb infosys.com

whatweb zoho.com whatweb -v -a 3 172.17.52.201

httprint -h 172.17.52.201 -s /usr/share/httprint/signatures.txt -P0 |more

sudo traceroute -T www.saveetha.ac.in

sudo traceroute -U www.saveetha.ac.in

sudo traceroute www.saveetha.ac.in

The information gathering techniques tools/procedure were identified successfully