How to use DNS analysis tools in linux

Hello guy’s in this article we are going to discuss about how to use Dns analysis in our kali-linux. in linux there are three tools avilable that.

• Dnsenum
• Dnsrecon
• fierce

What is Dns analytics?

DNS (Domain Name System) Analytics is the surveillance (collection and analysis) of DNS traffic within a computer network.

Different types of dns analysis tool available in web but we only discuss about linux tools this only enough to collect dns information 

What is Dnsenum?

Feature:

• Find host address record
• Find the nameservers
• Find the mx records
• Perform reverse lookups on netranges
• Brute force subdomains from file, can also perform recursion on subdomain that have NS records.

How to use Dnsenum?

Step 1:

First you select dnsenum and after that type this following command this command will help you to find all dns information about your target.

  

dnsenum –noreverse -o result.xml example.com

 

Dnsenum=tool name

–noreverse=don’t do a reverce lookup

result.xml=output file name

example.com=domain name

What is Dnsrecon?

DNSRecon is a DNS reconnaissance tool that can perform a variety of enumerations, such as standard record enumeration, Zone transfer, Reverse lookup, Google lookup, Zone walking, cache snooping, and Domain Brute-Forcing.

Feature:

• Check all name server records
• Standard record enumuration
• Zone transfer
• Reverse lookup
• Google lookup
• Zone walking
• Cache snooping
• Domain brute-forcing

How to use Dnsrecon?

 First you open Dnsrecon in you linux after that just type this following command this command will help you to find all inforamtion.

dnsrecon -d example.com -t std –xml dnsrecon.xml

 If you need to brute-forece domain name type this following command 

dnsrecon -d example.com -D (your wordlist) -t std –xml dnsrecon.xml

Dnsrecon=tool name

-d example.com=scan a domain

-D (your wordlist)=use a dictionary to bruteforce hostname’s

-t std=do a standard scan

–xml dnsrecon.xml=save aoutput file

What is a fierce?

Fierce is a perl script it is reconnaissance tool that quickly scans domains without lag using several attacks.

How to use fierce?

Type this following command to run default fierce scan.

fierce -dns example.com