Security Tools Flashcards
What is ping used for?
Determine if communication is possible.
What is Tracert/Traceroute used for?
Trace the route that packets take through the network.
It will help to implement security controls on the network. Does not make sense if you don’t know where the packet is taking.
What is pathping used for?
Determine if communication is possible and the path is used.
Single command that can do ping and trace route.
What is hping used for?
Packet creation tool to craft raw IP,TCP,UDP and ICMP packets from scratch for pinging, tracing, scanning, discovery and more.
You can build packet from scratch.
What is ifconfig ?
Verify and manipulate the network interfaces on a Linux system.
What is ipconfig?
Verify and manipulate the network interfaces on a Windows system.
What is Netstat?
List all network connections to and from a system.
Very important to know. (watch the video)
What is Nslookup?
A window tools that you can query DNS to obtain the mapping between the domain name and IP address.
What is dig?
A Linux tool that you can use to query DNS to obtain the name to IP address.
What is dnsenum?
DNS enumeration (list, count) DNS information including entries, subdomains, MX records.
Enables you to get a listing of all publicly available resources that exist for a domain.
What is TCPdump or Wireshark?
CMD base traffice capture and analysis tools. It captures traffic and analyze files?
They use pcap files.
What is sn1per?
Linux base tools. Typically use by Pen tester. Automated scanners designed to collect large amount of information while scanning for vulnerabilities.
What is Harvester?
Python-based program designed to assist penetration tester in the gathering of information during the reconnaissance portion of a pen test.
What is scanless?
Command line utility to interface with websites that can perform port scans as poart of a pen tester.
Watch the video.
What is curl?
A CLI tool to transfer data to and from server without user interaction.
Watch the video.
