Scope of footprinting

• Organization, region, location

• open source search

  • web page (save it offline, e.g. teleport )
  • multiple search engines (All-in-One , Dogpile)
  • advanced search (e.g. Yahoo)
  • publicly trade companies (e.g. EDGAR)
  • You can obtain satellite images of a location using the TerraServer or downloading Google Earth.

• countermeasures

  • remove unnecessary information from web pages
  • create security policies (see Site Security Handbook)

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