Lab #3 - Assessment Worksheet Data Gathering and Footprinting on a Targeted Web Site Course Name and Number: ________________________________________________________________ Student Name: ________________________________________________________________ Instructor Name: ________________________________________________________________ Lab Due Date: ________________________________________________________________ Lab Assessment Questions & Answers 1. What information can you obtain by using the WHOIS tool contained within Sam Spade? 2. Besides the WHOIS utility covered in this lab, what other functions did you discover are possible with the Sam Spade utility? 3. What is the purpose of the tracert command? What useful information does the trace route tool provide? How can this information be used to attack the targeted website? 4. Is Sam Spade an intrusive tool? What is your perspective on the use of a freeware utility such as Sam Spade? 5. By its nature, WHOIS information must be publicly available. What do you think companies and organizations should do with regard to this information? 6. How can you find out who is the CEO of a company? 7. What is the goal when trying to use a search engine for data gathering or footprinting? 8. Based upon the information you uncovered, who are the primary technical contacts for the x128bit.com, iskytap.com and cloudparadox.com domains?
