Gathering domain information

In this recipe we will use Maltego CE to gather Internet Domain information. If we are mainly working an external, internet based, penetration test. This information will provide of plenty of valuable information regarding the public aspects of there network. This tool will start with a domain name and pivot out to several different aspects of publicly available domain information.

Getting ready

Let's ensure the following prerequisites:

• Kali Linux is running and you are logged in as root
• Validate network connectivity to the internet
• Maltego is running

How to do it...

In this recipe we will use Maltego CE to gather information about a target's domain name:

1. In the upper left-hand corner, click on the new graph button:

2. On the left, select Entity palette. Scroll down to Infrastructure, and click on Domain. Drag it onto the graph.

3. Rename paterva.com to example.com; example.com will suffice as the target domain for this round of testing:

Maltego - New Graph page

Note

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