How to Install and Uninstall dnsrecon Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "dnsrecon" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dnsrecon on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall dnsrecon on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: dnsrecon
Architecture: all
Version: 0.10.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1431
Depends: python3:any, python3-dnspython, python3-netaddr, python3-lxml
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnsrecon/dnsrecon_0.10.0-1_all.deb
Size: 467808
MD5sum: ee891abc972622eacb1d53d86f659506
SHA1: f46e483280f1a50880df82100d66c700c14c972b
SHA256: dee666cf2a575a82bbff4fa9877a4944ae32d19c8e665fcdad26c71f1c0e3056
SHA512: a2df51fe51c774031a6b00f63999f022821f1760a9bec91d335d1caed77ccee012a5a9235cf74422ba91b2b546ea63505df63bf620ca73b693b554194ca793a8
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