Useful methods to gather more information are:
- gethostbyaddr(address): Allows us to obtain a domain name from the IP address
- gethostbyname(hostname): Allows us to obtain an IP address from a domain name
We can get more information about these methods with the help(socket) command:
Now we are going to detail some methods related to the host, IP address, and domain resolution. For each one, we will show a simple example:
- socket.gethostbyname(hostname): This method converts a hostname to the IPv4 address format. The IPv4 address is returned in the form of a string. This method is equivalent to the nslookup ...