Methods to Find I.P Address

ifconfig

 

Ping

Host  

dig 

The Answer Section gives precise details about I.P 

 traceroute 

How To Find Details of Server 

Enter the URL of that Company/Organization into the text box on www.netcraft.com and all details regarding the server will be elicited.

How To Find Location using I.P 

Copy the I.P and paste it in the Search bar present on the extreme right side of the web page www.IP2Location.com and then all details would be elicited. After being aware of the Location, then afterwards the Diplomatic Relations must be checked before moving towards the Hacking Phase. 

How to passively find I.P 

Use the 3rd Party Website such as www.centralops.com for pinging, traceroute and other commands. 

Two Types of Information Gathering:

 

1) Active Information Gathering. 

2) Passive Information Gathering. 

PURPOSE OF NETWORK SCANNING: 

1 LIVE/UP NODES NUMBER OF MACHINE AVAILABLE 

2 HARDWARE INFO 

3 NETWORK DISTANCE 

4 RUNNING SERVICES 

5 OPEN PORTS 6 OPERATING SYSTEM 

STEP 1: FIRST OF ALL BEFORE NETWORK SCANNING I.P OF THAT NETWORK MUST BE KNOW. I.E. LETS START IT ON OUR OWN NETWORK BY SCANNING THE NETWORK BY USING IFCONFIG COMMAND

STEP 2: Now After Finding the I.P Perform Ping Scan. 

nmap –sP 10.0.2.15/24 -> ping scan 

Step 3: Now Perform TCP Scan in order to check the Services running 

Step 4: Now Perform UDP Scan in order to check whether its Services are running or not: 

Step 5: Now Perform the OS Scan in order to check which Operating System is being used 

The Above Mentioned Methodologies are by default not detected by systems but can be detected if some custom configuration is made so hence therefore in order to prevent detection we send fragmented packet