摘要:Information g ath ering is the initial stage of any inform atio n security audit, which m an y peo ple ten d too verlo ok. When performing an y kin d of test on an informatio n sy stem , in fo rmation gatherin g and isessential an d p rov ides th e tes ters with all poss ible information ab out the targ et to co ntinue with the test.Information gatherin g m eth odo lo gy in p en etration testin g is given in th is paper