6. dnsenum

Description:

  • dnsenum is a DNS enumeration tool that helps gather information about DNS records for a domain. It queries name servers to gather data like A, MX, NS, and TXT records.

Examples:

    1. Basic DNS Enumeration:
      • dnsenum example.com

Explanation: Performs a basic DNS enumeration for example.com and returns all available DNS records.

    1. Specify a Custom Wordlist for Subdomains:
      • dnsenum –dnsserver 8.8.8.8 –enum example.com

Explanation: Uses Google’s public DNS server (8.8.8.8) for enumeration and includes additional scans for subdomains.

    1. Brute Force Subdomains:
      • dnsenum –threads 5 –subfile subdomains.txt example.com

Explanation: Uses the file subdomains.txt to perform a brute-force search for subdomains of example.com using 5 threads.

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