Reconnaissance, Finger Printing, Information Gathering

This is the first and one of the most important stages of pen test. Whatever output you will achieve is going to be the base input for all testing. There is no official description about reconnaissance. Various experts and authors have segregated it into various parts in their own way.

You would be surprised you are a technical person and you are reading this document to hack the network then why all these things are required. BUT let me first clear you I am a white hat hacker the ethical hacker and I am writing this document with consideration in mind that I have to protect my client from black hat hackers and their rival organization , here we are going to provide protection for information of any thing.