DNS enumeration is the process of locating all the DNS servers and their corresponding records for an organization.
It gives up information about IP adddress and internal and external DNS
| Types | Use |
|---|---|
| A (Address) | Maps a hostname to an IP address |
| SOA (Start of Authority) | Identifies the DNS server responsible for the domain information |
| CNAME (Canonical Name) | Provides additional names or aliases for the address record |
| MX (Mail Exchange) | Identifies the mail server for the domain |
| SRV (Service) | Identifies services such as directory services |
| PTR (Pointer) | Maps IP addresses to hostnames |
| NS (Name Server) | Identifies other name servers for the domain |
| TXT (Text) | Add Text data in DNS Records |
- nslookup : query Internet name servers interactively nslookup example.com
Server: 192.168.0.1
Address: 192.168.0.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: example.com
Address: 93.184.216.34
Name: example.com
Address: 2606:2800:220:1:248:1893:25c8:1946
- whois : information about domain registration whois example.com
Domain Name: EXMAPLE.COM
Registry Domain ID: 132185704_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.cloudflare.com
Registrar URL: http://www.cloudflare.com
Updated Date: 2021-07-11T11:00:02Z
Creation Date: 2004-10-08T13:53:42Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2022-10-08T13:53:42Z
Registrar: CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 1910
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
ttps://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Name Server: ARA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Name Server: JAY.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
DNSSEC: signedDelegation
DNSSEC DS Data: 2371 13 2 072EEC16F225F954BCF4DE9DB653B3413D2F03B362B1C580EC4C732A652D7F71
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
- dig : DNS lookup utility dig example.com
; <<>> DiG 9.16.15-Debian <<>> example.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48107
;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;example.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
example.com. 9097 IN A 93.184.216.34
;; Query time: 4 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sat Nov 13 19:25:05 IST 2021
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 56
- traceroute / tracert traceroute example.com
traceroute to example.com (93.184.216.34), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 1.960 ms 2.022 ms 2.000 ms
2 172.22.11.163 (172.22.11.163) 3.579 ms 3.554 ms 3.537 ms
3 172.22.11.129 (172.22.11.129) 4.464 ms 4.759 ms 4.740 ms
4 nsg-corporate-149.212.187.122.airtel.in (122.187.212.149) 6.961 ms 6.908 ms 6.897 ms
5 182.79.154.0 (182.79.154.0) 128.471 ms 128.307 ms 128.301 ms
6 ldn-b7-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.175.230) 129.550 ms 132.700 ms 133.056 ms
7 ldn-bb4-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.141.246) 133.035 ms ldn-bb1-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.138.168) 131.014 ms ldn-bb4-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.141.246) 129.822 ms
8 nyk-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.113.20) 220.421 ms 220.846 ms nyk-bb1-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.112.244) 226.456 ms
9 nyk-b1-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.135.131) 220.197 ms 216.233 ms nyk-b1-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.135.133) 221.434 ms
10 edgecast-ic317660-nyk-b6.ip.twelve99-cust.net (62.115.147.201) 221.404 ms 205.776 ms edgecast-ic317659-nyk-b6.ip.twelve99-cust.net (62.115.147.199) 207.768 ms
11 ae-70.core1.nyb.edgecastcdn.net (152.195.68.141) 208.286 ms 209.446 ms ae-71.core1.nyb.edgecastcdn.net (152.195.69.139) 209.363 ms
12 93.184.216.34 (93.184.216.34) 210.103 ms 208.405 ms 209.647 ms
13 93.184.216.34 (93.184.216.34) 207.634 ms 207.609 ms 210.572 ms
- dnsdumpster.com https://dnsdumpster.com/ Check details about DNS data and overall data.