Netcraft allows us to gather information about a target domain, such as network block information, registrar information, email contacts, the operating system of the hosting server, and the web platform.
To get started, use the following instructions:
- Using your web browser, go to https://www.netcraft.com/.
- In the search bar highlighted in the following screenshot, enter a domain:
If a search doesn't return anything, include www as part of the website address.
- The results page will appear, providing network-related information about the target. Scroll down a bit until you see Hosting History. This section provides you with the hosting server's operating system, web server platform, and service versions, as shown here:
- Scroll down a bit more until you see Site Technology. This section informs you about the technologies Netcraft was able to identify on the target web server:
As you have seen, Netcraft is able to provide us with very useful information. We can now take the information found and perform further research on the technologies to find known vulnerabilities and exploits to compromise the target.