How to Install and Uninstall dnsrecon Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "dnsrecon" package

This tutorial shows how to install dnsrecon on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dnsrecon
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dnsrecon" package

Learn how to uninstall dnsrecon on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dnsrecon
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnsrecon package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dnsrecon
Architecture: all
Version: 0.9.1+git20200409-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1444
Depends: python3:any, python3-dnspython, python3-netaddr, python3-lxml
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnsrecon/dnsrecon_0.9.1+git20200409-1_all.deb
Size: 469248
MD5sum: 5a5ec5690234ddf2b4ad294f9f7d659a
SHA1: 7e689869cc11b6fde6646522a8d62f7100a6d2d6
SHA256: 7610a22087b2b800a81a1651f71365e8bb713cc88db7aebd59f98e7663b324da
SHA512: aea6b56aa2f4c928b87dfecee4b76f4cc3270ad934ca72926a1cff00bfecd162f6c3021b2ddce47944d87ab2294163dc1c1d29ece26900f7f62bde0692b1fedd
Homepage: https://github.com/darkoperator/dnsrecon
Description-en: Powerful DNS enumeration script
DNSRecon is a Python script that provides the ability to perform:
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* 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
Description-md5: 5eee248ebcc53a8c58ab5a6c2c6e88ef