Anonymity

A Network Administrator is only as good a the his or her ability to protect their Servers.

Getting Started

You must first decide what your target is. A company or an individual? A web server or a PC, or AOL? There are very different methods for each.

To begin hacking web servers

You will need to stock your arsenal with several tools. Start with a IP Converter, a port scanner, and a tool that allows you to do HTTP Requests. NetView is a good overall tool to start with that includes all of these.

Using NetView : Click the WebBrute tab and enter the url in the 'Web URL' box. Click 'Create'. This will form a basic HTTP Request in the 'HTTP Request' pane of the app. Click 'Verify'. This sends the Request to the server for that domain, and will return information in the 'HTTP Reply' pane. This will include the server software and version for the computer hosting that domain; or, the web server.

Knowing what platform a server is running on is crucial to hackers who wish to crack it. Copy or log this information in a text file for later reference.

Next, type the host name (the domain without http://www. ) into the 'computer/host name' field under the NetView tab. Click 'Get IP'. Then, type the first three numbers of the ip into the three boxes supplied in the 'Range' field. Make sure the 'TCP' selection box is set to 'all'. Click 'Scan'. This will scan the IP addresses in range of the server for open ports. Port 80 will be open. Depending on the server, it may return several open ports. For detailed information on what the port numbers mean see the ports tutorial.

As before, you will want to copy or log this info for later reference. The next step is to search and test for exploits.