Any way of "scanning" a public webserver?

Dr_Evil

Dr_Evil

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I have a webspace i can't get ftp access to any longer, but i want to find out what files i have left on there. HTTP directory browsing is disabled unfortunately. Anyone know of a way to do this?

Is there any scanning software that can do this at all?
 
You would need to get hold of a program that tests every possible eventuality of filename that might appear in that webspace, similar to a brute force password retriever. Any filename that doesn't return a 404 is a valid filename on the server.

It would take aaages to run through though, and the hosts wouldn't appreciate it one bit!
 
huppy said:
You would need to get hold of a program that tests every possible eventuality of filename that might appear in that webspace, similar to a brute force password retriever. Any filename that doesn't return a 404 is a valid filename on the server.

It would take aaages to run through though, and the hosts wouldn't appreciate it one bit!
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DoS'ing your own server is a pretty stupid idea imo :/
 
DoS'ing is, separating out each request at a suitable interval isn't.

He might just be wanting to retrieve photos from an album in a directory, where each photo has a number between 0001 and 0300 (do sony use a DSC0001.jpg type filename, for example?). In this case, a program such as they one I suggested would be very suitable for getting a list of photos that exist there.
 
it's an old isp account which has been deactivated, but for some reason my webspace still exists. It's a pipex webspace. I may just call them up and ask them to send me a backup of it... thanks anyway!
 
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