Footprinting & Reconnaissance.
Goal: gather information about the target without direct exploitation.
Target chosen: University of Texas at Arlington (uta.edu) — an educational institute outside the Arab world.
Purpose: identify domain details, subdomains, IP ranges, technologies, and public information.
Tools applied: WHOIS, SmartWhois, CentralOps, Nslookup, Recon‑ng, Maltego, HTTrack.