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:
- Basic DNS Enumeration:
- dnsenum example.com
- Basic DNS Enumeration:
Explanation: Performs a basic DNS enumeration for example.com and returns all available DNS records.
- Specify a Custom Wordlist for Subdomains:
- dnsenum –dnsserver 8.8.8.8 –enum example.com
- Specify a Custom Wordlist for Subdomains:
Explanation: Uses Google’s public DNS server (8.8.8.8) for enumeration and includes additional scans for subdomains.
- Brute Force Subdomains:
- dnsenum –threads 5 –subfile subdomains.txt example.com
- Brute Force Subdomains:
Explanation: Uses the file subdomains.txt to perform a brute-force search for subdomains of example.com using 5 threads.