Owl-Eye – Tool For Information Gathering For Domain Name or IP Address
Owl-Eye is a free and open-source tool available on GitHub. Owl-Eye is used to find the information’s about the IP address of the domain or the website. Owl-Eye is used by security researchers in the early phases of reconnaissance and penetration testing of networks. Owl-Eye is written in Python language. You must have python installed in your kali Linux operating system in order to use this tool. Owl-Eye is a famous tool that is used by hackers for exploitation in networks by gaining the following –
- Name
- Whois Server
- Referral URL
- Status
- Expires On
- Registered On
- Updated On
Installation
Step 1: Use the following command to install the tool from GitHub. Use the second command to move into the directory of the tool.
git clone https://github.com/Laviru-Dilshan/Owl-Eye.git
cd Owl-Eye
Step 2: Now use the following command to run the tool.
python3 Owl_Eye.py
The tool is running successfully. Now we will see examples to use the tool.
Usage
Example 1: Use the Owl-Eye tool to find out information about an IP address.
Type the target IP address in the tool.
Example 2: Use the Owl-Eye tool to find out information about a domain.
Type the target domain in the tool.
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