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Google Hacking for Penetration Testers
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Google Hacking for Penetration Testers

by Johnny Long
December 2004
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
448 pages
16h 25m
English
Syngress
Content preview from Google Hacking for Penetration Testers
Let’s break apart a simple Google URL to look at the various components:
www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ihackstuff
The base URL is followed by several parameters, each separated by the
ampersand (&) character. Each parameter is made of several variables and values,
as shown in Table 1.3.
Table 1.3
Google URL Components
Variable Value Description
hl en The language in which the results page will be printed.
q ihackstuff The query to be submitted.
Special Characters
A URL represents special characters and spaces with hex-encoded equivalents of
the characters. Some browsers will adjust a typed URL, replacing special charac-
ters and spaces with hex-encoded ...
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ISBN: 1931836361