OSIP · OSINT

OSINT Intelligence Practitioner

Intermediate

A competency-based assessment covering passive reconnaissance, DNS and infrastructure discovery, search techniques, metadata and open-source tooling. Passing issues the OSINT Intelligence Practitioner credential — a professional certificate, publicly verifiable and mapped to recognised skill standards.

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Environment Free-text

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Objectives

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16 aims

1 Which DNS record type maps a hostname to an IPv6 address?

2 Which DNS record type designates the mail server for a domain, with a priority value?

3 Which TXT-based e-mail authentication record verifies which servers may send mail for a domain?

4 Which web service is the community search engine for Certificate Transparency entries?

5 Which HTTP response header discloses the software behind a web server?

6 Which search operator restricts results to a single web site or domain?

7 In WHOIS output, which field records the date a domain was first registered?

8 Which service, run by the Internet Archive, lets you view historical snapshots of web pages?

9 GPS and camera-exposure data of a photo is stored in which metadata standard?

10 Which community project catalogues open-source intelligence tools by category (originally on GitHub)?

11 Which tool harvests e-mail addresses, hostnames and subdomains from search engines for a target domain?

12 Which search engine indexes internet-connected devices and exposes their open ports?

13 A classic Google dork for finding open directory listings uses which intitle pattern?

14 Which DNS record type is commonly used to carry domain-ownership verification tokens?

15 Which browser developer-tools panel lists every network request a page makes?

16 Which e-mail authentication standard cryptographically signs outbound mail for a domain?

Learning outcomes

Mapped skills

MITRE ATT&CK Reconnaissance (TA0043)
OSINT Framework catalog
Intelligence Community discipline guidance

Work through the free-text objectives below. Correct answers lock in; keep going until every task is owned. Complete all objectives to earn a unique, publicly verifiable credential (verify link, score snapshot and integrity hash) bound to this Pro Lab.