How to use dnsmap in Kali Linux

Intro - Dnsmap is a passive network mapper and normally known as subdomain brute forcer. it used by pentesters during the information gathering/enumeration phase of infrastructure security assessments. The tool enables to discover all sub domains associated to a given domain. We can find remote access servers, misconfigured servers, new domain names which allowing you to assign network block non-obvious.

Some Features

·         IPv6 support

·         Obtain all IP addresses (A records) associated to each successfully bruteforced subdomain, rather than just one IP address per subdomain.

·         Discover embedded devices configured with dynamic DNS services

·         Bruteforcing by using a user-supplied wordlist

·         Saving the results in human-readable and CSV format for easy processing.

1.  How to open dnsmap

   a. GUI method –

       Application → Information gathering → DNS Analysis → dnsmap

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   b. open terminal and type dnsmap and hit enter

2. now type dnsmap domainname this will start brute force the domain

    EX : - dnsmap google.com

3. To save your results in a text file, type dnsmap domain name –r path

     EX- dnsmap google.com –r /root/

3a. You can see your saved file here

4. To save results in csv file, type dnsmap domainname –c path

     Ex – dnsmap google.com –c /root/

4a. You can see your saved file here

5. If you want to bruteforce subdomains by your own wordlist, type dnsmap domainname –w mywordlist.txt

Ex – dnsmap google.com –w mywordlist.txt

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