How To Install dnsrecon on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsrecon on Ubuntu.
What is dnsrecon
dnsrecon is:
DNSRecon is a Python script that provides the ability to perform:
- Check all NS Records for Zone Transfers.
- Enumerate General DNS Records for a given Domain (MX, SOA, NS, A, AAAA, SPF and TXT).
- Perform common SRV Record Enumeration.
- Top Level Domain (TLD) Expansion.
- Check for Wildcard Resolution.
- Brute Force subdomain and host A and AAAA records given a domain and a wordlist.
- Perform a PTR Record lookup for a given IP Range or CIDR.
- Check a DNS Server Cached records for A, AAAA and CNAME
- Records provided a list of host records in a text file to check.
- Enumerate Hosts and Subdomains using Google
There are three methods to install dnsrecon on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dnsrecon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsrecon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dnsrecon
Install dnsrecon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsrecon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dnsrecon
Install dnsrecon Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsrecon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dnsrecon
How To Uninstall dnsrecon on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the dnsrecon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dnsrecon
Uninstall dnsrecon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dnsrecon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnsrecon
Remove dnsrecon Configurations and Data
To remove dnsrecon configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dnsrecon
Remove dnsrecon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dnsrecon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnsrecon
Dependencies
dnsrecon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsrecon package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.