here's some real hacking, that has nothing to do with batch files or cracking a password...

it's called DNS Zone Transfer, and basically it's you tricking a DNS server into thinking you're another DNS server.

This really only works for people who are running Microsoft Windows.. so that's why im posting it. The first thing you need to do is open the command prompt. if you dont know how to do that without batting an eyelash... then you have no business actually doing this hack.

there is a command that you use to find out simple information about the website's DNS situation. it's called NSLOOKUP (basically means "nameserver lookup").

to use that command, just type in the command prompt: nslookup

then you're going to get a little arrow looking thing .. like this: >

when you're there, set the server you're going to be looking at.. such as; server anarchistcookbook.com

then you'll get another ">" arrow.. this time you're going to type in: set type=any

that tells it that you want all information.

then... if the bastards running the server haven't patched their BIND... you can run this little command: ls -d anarchistcookbook.com

now, if all goes well, you'll get a list of every domain and subdomain that server has on it.

if you successfully connect, and are recognized as another DNS server, you can run BIND commands, and possibly steal that domain name, or any domain listed on the server.

real hackers use this to get information about a target before actually attacking it.

enjoy.

Well done, very useful. I will keep that in mind.

I aim to please. =)

Here.... im feeling even more nice. Here is a link to a screencast of a DNS Zone Transfer done on Hostgator.com ...

http://jsandlin.org/zone_transfer_demo/

very nice im sure to remember this .. bad thing is my comp doesnt run on windows /sigh

im dual booting Vista and Linux, soon to be tripple booting OS X. =)

LOL I've gotta try this at school...

btw Ishkur, why the hell are you running Windows Vista?? You could just run Windows XP with: http://techie-buzz.com/how-to/make-w...ows-vista.html

I'm running Kubuntu, and I'm getting XP Pro and Ubuntu (reg) right now. Then I'll delete Kubuntu and just dual boot the aforementioned.

I have used XP since it came out. My laptop is dual booting XP Pro and Ubuntu, but when I got the desktop; it came with Vista....so i left it. The main HDD of the desktop is partitioned 4 ways: Vista, Linux, (soon to be) OS X, and a space for all of them to share a few files. And uh... good luck with that at school.

im running on Ubuntu