So this may be common knowledge to some but seeing as how I see a decent amount people struggle to find e-books when trying to Google for them in the e-book section I thought this would assist them in their search. This tutorial is mainly aimed at those people but this can be used to find more than just e-books which I'll touch on down below.
So as you may or may not know, there are a bunch of unprotected directories out there on the web. A lot of these directories host a whole range of things such as Linux distro iso's to all of your favorite band's music. But how do you find these directories? Well, there are a few ways. For example, one of the most common ways is googling:
"index of /" HTH's pr0n stash
While this can get the job done it won't find everything out there. You also have to keep in mind there are a bunch of fake directories out there that, for example, hosts a one page pdf of the e-book you're looking for but contains a download link inside of it to where you can get the actual e-book. You usually want to try to avoid directories like these which I'll show you how to do. Also keep in mind that there are directories out there that are set up to nab people who download anything from them. While uncommon just be wary that there can be a few directories out there like that.
So how do you avoid the fake directories? Well there are a few better search strings that you can you to help filter them out. For example, if you're looking for a certain e-book you might search something like:
intitle:"index.of" (pdf|epub|mob) "how to be a 1337 h4ck3r" -html -htm -php -asp -jsp
Or if you're looking for a certain video file:
intitle:"index.of" (mp4|avi|mkv) "DeepCopy's sex tape" -html -htm -php -asp -jsp
As you can see, the only thing that's different between these two search strings is what's in the parenthesis. So if you're looking for a different kind of file / medium you can add or remove filetypes in the parenthesis. Just keep in mind that you need pipes (|) after each filetype if you're looking for more than one kind of file.
In the end if you're having trouble or if you're just lazy (like I usually am) you can always use site's such as
this one that will assist you in finding open directories. There's also plenty of them listed online such as
/r/opendirectories (where I got most of my information from) so you don't have to go scouring open directories until you find the one you're looking for. I've barely scratched the surface with this but hopefully this will help anybody find what they're looking for before making a post about it asking someone else to look for a specific file for them. If anybody else as any other useful search strings leave them down below as they are sure to assist everybody
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