The point comes up a lot that this tool could be misused by script kiddies, so I thought I'd address some of those concerns:
- Search results are limited to 50 hosts (if you're logged in, 10 hosts if you're not). This makes it impractical to use for building a botnet or any kind of large-scale operation.
- I take steps to limit anonymous access (ex. Tor not allowed)
- 'net' and 'country' filter require you to be logged in; makes anonymous systematic scraping much harder
- Users detected of scraping get banned (zero tolerance)
The bottom line: this is a tool for penetration testing and market research, not for script kiddies.
- Search results are limited to 50 hosts (if you're logged in, 10 hosts if you're not). This makes it impractical to use for building a botnet or any kind of large-scale operation.
- I take steps to limit anonymous access (ex. Tor not allowed)
- 'net' and 'country' filter require you to be logged in; makes anonymous systematic scraping much harder
- Users detected of scraping get banned (zero tolerance)
The bottom line: this is a tool for penetration testing and market research, not for script kiddies.