Google hacking

Definition - Google hacking is a term that refers to the art of creating complex search engine queries in oder to filter through large amount of search results for information related to the computer security
Google hacking invloves using google operators to locate specific string of text within a search results .

Hacker prospective -
hacker uses this technique to gather information that the google hacking database identifies .
the following list helps the hacker to gather information like
1)advisories and server vulnerablilites (loop holes)
2)error message that contains lot of informations
3)file containing passwords .
4)pages containing logon portals .

Some Hacker uses google hacking techniques to check the directory listing of a Web server .
*note-directory listing is a type of webpage that list files and directories that exits on the web server .
Most of the web server hacker or the intuders do a intensive search to get the directory listing of a particular web server once they compromise with the directory lsting they carck web server.

Q) How to check the directory listing of any web server ?
open up google.com
in the search box type intitle :index of "parent directory "
or
intitle :index of "name size"
few commands the help in directory search
1) intitle :index.of ws_ftplog ( this command will help you to locate any ftp log files stored in a web server)
2)intitle:index.of admin or intitle:index.of inurl :admin
3)intitle:index.of "server at" (this command will list all the directory listing on web