How To Install dnsrecon on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsrecon
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 20.04. 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsrecon
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.