InternetPeriscope

InternetPeriscope includes a wide array of tools that allow System Administrators to "see" how well their hosts are functioning on the Internet. Click on one of the links below for more details on InternetPeriscope's features.

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Introduction

• Overview
• System Requirements

Getting Started

• How to use the program
• Adding a machine to InternetPeriscope's console
• Viewing a machine's properties
• Removing a machine from InternetPeriscope's console

Monitoring Your Machines Remotely

• How to monitor a remote machine for problems
• Viewing a machine's problem history

Analyzing Your Machines Remotely

• Finding out what Internet (TCP/IP) Services your remote host is running
• What is RPC?
• Finding out what RPC Services your Unix machines are running
• Finding out what RPC Services your Windows machines are running
• What is NetBT?
• Getting a list of Users from your Windows machines
• Getting a list of Shares from your Windows machines
• Getting a list of Groups from your Windows machines
• Getting a list of Sessions from your Windows machines
• Determining what type of Web Server a host is running
• Determining what type of Mail Server a host is running
• Checking your website for broken links

Security

• Detecting Intrusion Attempts by Hackers
• Viewing a History of Intrusion Attempts
• How to contact the Hacker's ISP
• Checking your Web Server for vulnerabilities
• Determining if your Window's machines are vulnerable to a "Null Session" attack
• Checking your machines for vulnerabilities (pretending you're the hacker)
• Scan History - checking your machines for suspicious software additions
• Checking your startup files for Trojans

DNS (Domain Name System)

• What is DNS?
• What kinds of DNS records can you look up with Internet Periscope?
• Finding out which hosts receive email for a domain name (MX Records)
• Looking up the IP Address of a domain name (A Record)
• Looking up the domain name of an IP Address (PTR Record)
• Finding out which Name Servers are authoritative for a domain
• Looking up the Start of Authority (SOA) Record for a domain

Whois

• What does Whois do?
• Finding out if a domain name has been registered
• Wildcard Searches - Finding all domain names that begin with a word you specify
• Finding out which ISP owns an IP address
• Finding out which domains are hosted by an ISP

Miscellaneous

• Subnet Calculator
• Finding out what an Internet Service does (TCP/IP Ports and Descriptions)