WHAT IS DNSRECON IN KALI LINUX: FULL GUIDE

 DNSRECON: DNS ENUMERATION/ RECONNAISSANCE TOOL

WHAT IS DNSRECON?

DNSRecon is a command-line tool used for DNS reconnaissance, enumeration, and information gathering. It is designed to be used by security professionals and ethical hackers to assess the security of a network and identify potential vulnerabilities. 

DNSRecon is a Python tool that helps users perform DNS enumeration and reconnaissance: 

DNS enumeration: Enumerate DNS records for a given domain, including MX, SOA, NS, A, AAAA, SPF, and TXT 

DNS reconnaissance: Discover subdomains, DNS servers, and other important information about a domain 

Security assessments: Perform security assessments 

Network troubleshooting: Perform basic network troubleshooting.

WHAT CAN DNSRECON DO?

DNSRecon can perform a variety of functions, including: 

1. Checking DNS server cache records.

2. Checking for wildcard resolution.

3. Performing SRV record enumeration.

4. Performing subdomain and host enumeration via Google Dorks.

5. Presenting findings in text file format.

let's enumerate DNS with DNSRecon. DNSRecon is installed by default in kali Linux, all we have to do is run the commands .

COMMANDS:

1.  dnsrecon -d example.com: this command is used to find domains.

2. dnsrecon -d example.com -n name-server: this command helps us to find the domains server address and helps you get all the IP addresses. 

3. dnsrecon -d example.com -a: this command helps us to do a zone transfer along with enumeration.

4. dnsrecon -d example -w: this option is used to perform whois record analysis and reverse lookup.

5. dnsrecon -d example.com -z: this command is used to perform a DNSSEC zone walk along with enumeration.                

CONCLUSION: 

As a pentester, this is a great tool in kali linux for beginners as well as ethical hacker and with this commands you can gather information and can do dns enumeration and reconnaisance. that is all about DNSrecon.