Search Dorks

You can use special keywords, or "dorks," to narrow down your search results. Here's how to use them.

site: / url:

Restricts your search to a specific website or a URL path.

  • Example: site:192.168.1.100 movies (Searches for "movies" on the server at 192.168.1.100)
  • Example: url:example.com/public/ (Searches for files only within the /public/ directory on example.com)

ext: / filetype:

Filters results by a specific file extension.

  • Example: ubuntu ext:iso (Finds files named "ubuntu" with the .iso extension)
  • Example: filetype:pdf financial report (Finds PDF files related to "financial report")

after: / before:

Filters results to files indexed within a specific date range. Dates must be in YYYY-MM-DD format.

  • Example: after:2023-01-01 (Finds files indexed on or after January 1, 2023)
  • Example: before:2022-12-31 (Finds files indexed on or before December 31, 2022)
  • Example: after:2023-01-01 before:2023-01-31 project files (Finds "project files" indexed in January 2023)