CompTIA Security+ Exam Notes

CompTIA Security+ Exam Notes
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Sunday, August 8, 2021

DNS Troubleshooting & Penetration Testing Tools

 NSLOOKUP, DIG, DNSENUM

Nslookup is a DNS command-line troubleshooting tool. A penetration tester or hacker could use this tool to attempt a complete zone transfer. The example would include a command such as "set type=any."

Dig is also a DNS command-line troubleshooting tool. Both an attacker and a pentester could use this to attempt to perform a complete zone transfer. An example of this (dig axfr [domain name})

DNSENUM is a command-line tool used to enumerate domain DNS records and determine IP address ranges in use.

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