Footprinting tools are software apps or frameworks that gather and analyze data about a target’s online presence. They help with the footprinting process, which entails gathering data on individuals, organizations, or networks in order to obtain insight into their digital infrastructure, vulnerabilities, and potential attack vectors.
Ping sweep, also known as ICMP sweep or a ping scan, isa network scanning technique you can use to find out which IP addresses map to live hosts.
Nmap is a network scanning tool—an open source Linux command-line tool—used for network exploration, host discovery, and security auditing. Nmap is a widely used tool by network administrators, security professionals, and ethical hackers for network mapping, vulnerability assessment, and network security auditing. If you want to know which ports are open and the corresponding rules, you can use Nmap.
Netcraft: Netcraft is an Internet services company based in Bath, Somerset, England. The company provides cybercrime disruption services across a range of industries. Netcraft is also a Web footprinting tools extract information from websites and web applications, revealing details such as server versions, technologies used, and potential weaknesses. They aid in identifying attack vectors specific to web environments.
“dig” is a robust command-line tool developed by BIND for querying DNS nameservers. It can identify IP address records, record the query route as it obtains answers from an authoritative nameserver, diagnose other DNS problems.
