How To Install dnstwist on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnstwist
on Kali Linux.
What is dnstwist
dnstwist is:
dnstwist generates a list of similarly looking domain names for a given domain name and performs DNS queries for them (A, AAAA, NS and MX). For MX records it checks whether there is an active mail server which could be used to intercept misdirected emails. Additionally it estimates webpage similarity based on fuzzy hashes. This functionality might be helpful in detecting typosquatters, phishing attacks, fraud and corporate espionage.
There are three methods to install dnstwist
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dnstwist Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dnstwist
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dnstwist
Install dnstwist Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dnstwist
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dnstwist
Install dnstwist Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dnstwist
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dnstwist
How To Uninstall dnstwist on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dnstwist
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dnstwist
Uninstall dnstwist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dnstwist
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnstwist
Remove dnstwist Configurations and Data
To remove dnstwist
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dnstwist
Remove dnstwist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dnstwist
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnstwist
Dependencies
dnstwist have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnstwist
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.