Would you like a sample of what this query returns (sanitized examples), or help reformulating it for a safer, specific target?
System logs and network settings that could be used for further exploitation. The Risks of "Security by Obscurity" inurl+view+index+shtml
/var/www/private_stats/view/index.shtml – not accessible via URL. Would you like a sample of what this
In Google’s search syntax, the plus sign ( + ) is an archaic but functional way to represent a space. However, in URLs, spaces are illegal. When a developer links to a file like view index.shtml , the space is often URL-encoded as %20 , but search engines often interpret + as a logical "AND" or a space equivalent. In this context, view+index tells Google to find URLs containing "view" AND "index" sequentially. In Google’s search syntax, the plus sign (
By 2030, inurl:view+index.shtml will return mostly 404 errors. Until then, it remains a viable search.