what is it maltego,,

maltego is an open source intelligence adn forensics aplication.it allows you to mine and gather information, and represent the information in a meaningful way.
the wrold open source" in maltego means taht it gathers information from the open source resource; it does not mean that maltego is open source sofware.

maltego allows you to anumerate internet infrastructur information, such as

 - domain names

- DNS names

- whois information

- network block

- ip address

it can also be used gather information about people,souch as ;

- cpmpanies

- E-mail adress related to the person

- web saite related to the person

- sosial networks related to then person

- phone numbers related to the nperson