Well,
That sounds you're not doing something legal with it. If you are the owner
of the server/system, just dir or list them. Another hint is that if the
administrator has disabled the Index option, its probably because you can't
do it (legally speaking).
- Nelson
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From: <backed.up.by.2048.bit.encryption_at_hushmail.com>
To: <sullo_at_cirt.net>
Cc: <webappsec_at_securityfocus.com>; <vuln-dev_at_securityfocus.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: Website "Scanner"
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> On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 14:21:16 -0800 sullo_at_cirt.net wrote:
>
> >2) take all the files an mix them with all the directories from
> >the scan
> >database, so that:
> > /dir1/file1.html
> > /dir2/file2.html
> > /dir3/file3.html
> > turns into requests for
> > /dir1/file1.html
> > /dir1/file2.html
> > /dir1/file3.html
> > /dir2/file1.html
> > /dir2/file2.html
> > /dir2/file3.html
> > /dir3/file1.html
> > /dir3/file2.html
> > /dir3/file3.html
> >
>
>
> Yes, this is more the idea. We are not looking for vulns. or xploits,
rather trying to intelligently "guess" what else is in that directory.
Either through dictionary use or other use. For example the following is
publicly accessible:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/new_products/bigwinner2003.html
>
> We want to find out what else might be in "new_products" so we plug in say
the words "big" "winner" "2003" and let our dictionary spin:
>
> biggerwinner2003.html - nothing
> bigloser2002.html - hit
>
> etc.
>
> Combining the dictionary and words from a specific site or files visible
publicly, we try to guess the names of whatever else might be in that
directory.
>
> You can do this manually with small time sites and obvious file names e.g.
index1.html...index2.html etc. Even annualreport2002.html is visible, try
annualreport.2003.html
>
> You can guess and hit on files that are not intended for public
consumption.
>
> If it can be automated with user input for obvious keywords, you probably
could strike many interesting and sensitive files in the directory.
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