Find out the infrastructure and technologies used by any site using results from Netcraft

The information that netcraft provides includes:

  • Background — This includes basic domain information.
  • Network — This includes information from IP Address to Domain names to nameservers.
  • SSL/TLS — This gives the ssl/tls status of the target
  • Hosting History -This gives the information on the hosting history of the target
  • Sender Policy Framework (SPF) — This describes who can send mail on the domains behalf
  • DMARC -This is a mechanism for domain owners to indicate how mail purporting to originate from their domain should be authenticated
  • Web Trackers — This trackers can be used to monitor individual user behavior across the web
  • Site Technology — This section includes details on :
  • Cloud & PaaS: Cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the Internet). Platform as a service (PaaS) is a category of cloud computing services that provide a computing platform and a solution stack as a service.
  • Server-Side: Includes all the main technologies that Netcraft detects as running on the server such as PHP.
  • Client-Side Includes all the main technologies that run on the browser (such as JavaScript and Adobe Flash).
  • Content Delivery Network: A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a large distributed system of servers deployed in multiple data centers on the Internet. The goal of a CDN is to serve content to end-users with high availability and high performance.
  • Content Management System: A content management system (CMS) is a computer program that allows publishing, editing and modifying content as well as maintenance from a central interface.
  • Mobile Technologies: Mobile technology is the technology used for hand held mobile devices.
  • Web Stats: Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data for purposes of understanding and optimizing web usage.
  • Character Encoding: A character encoding system consists of a code that pairs each character from a given repertoire with something else such as a bit pattern, sequence of natural numbers, octets, or electrical pulses in order to facilitate the transmission of data (generally numbers or text) through telecommunication networks or for data storage.
  • Web Browser Targeting: Web browser targeting enables software applications to make use of specific functions of the browser as well as optimizing the application for specific browser versions.

Using Netcraft

1. Access https://sitereport.netcraft.com/ and search for the domain you want