RE: Website "Scanner"

That answer seems simple to me: All sensitive data need to be protected
using a suitable protection method and NOT just rely on the lack of
knowledge of the URL to reach the document.

This can be a password, certificate, or any other method.

A simple sniffer can reveal the URL of a "protected" document using just
lack-knowledge approach.

- Nelson

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Is there anything out there like a port scanner but for websites, where
it dictionary attacks the files. For example you plug in the domain:

http://www.foo.com

and tries to find .html files (or other)

http://www.foo.com - index.html
                      ndex.html
                       dex.html
                        ex.html

......etc

where runs through numerous possibilities to hit on files on the server
(and even) directories). If so, one could certainly hit on some
sensitive information, say where the administrator has been testing
something, or internal product infos etc.

If there is nothing out there like this, why not?

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