ALTDNS(1)

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version 1.0.2+git20250109.6728272 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🦋 ALTDNS(1) — Subdomain Discovery Through Alterations and Permutations ✨

💖 NAME

okay bestie, so the altdns tool is literally a DNS reconnaissance vibe 🔍 that finds subdomains which follow patterns. it takes in words that could show up in subdomains under a domain (like test, dev, staging) 🧚 and also a list of subdomains you already know about. main character energy fr 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS

altdns [POSITION] [argument]

🌸 DESCRIPTION

altdns is a whole package 📦 with a DNS recon tool that digs up subdomains matching patterns. ngl it's giving detective 🕵️‍♀️ because you feed it words that could live in subdomains (test, dev, staging) AND a list of subdomains you already know. iconic 👑

🌈 USAGE

usage vibes 🌷 the full invocation looks like this:

usage: altdns [[-h] -i INPUT -o OUTPUT [-w WORDLIST] [-r] [-n] [-e] [-d
DNSSERVER] [-s SAVE]  [-t THREADS]]

✨ OPTIONS ✨

okay the options are where it gets spicy 🌶️ here's the whole lineup:

  • -h, --help — show the help message and exit 💜
  • -i INPUT, --input INPUT — your list of subdomains input 📝
  • -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT — where the altered subdomains get dropped off 🦋
  • -w WORDLIST, --wordlist WORDLIST — the list of words used to alter your subdomains 🍓
  • -r, --resolve — resolves all the altered subdomains (we want answers!) 🔥
  • -n, --add-number-suffix — tacks a number suffix onto every domain, 0-9 🔢✨
  • -e, --ignore-existing — skips existing domains in the file 🙈
  • -d DNSSERVER, --dnsserver DNSSERVER — the IP address of the resolver to use, overriding the system default 🌐
  • -s SAVE, --save SAVE — the file where resolved altered subdomains get saved 💾
  • -t THREADS, --threads THREADS — how many threads run at the same time 🧵

🎀 EXAMPLES

bestie here's a sample run 🫶

altdns -i subdomains.txt -o data_output -w words.txt -r -s
results_output.txt

🦋 SEE ALSO

okay so for how-to stuff, check out /usr/share/doc/altdns/README.md 📖 it's the move 💅

💜 AUTHOR

the altdns project lives at https://github.com/infosec-au/altdns/ 🌸

Josenilson Ferreira da Silva <nilsonfsilva@hotmail.com> created this 🧚

ALTDNS 1.0.2 · JAN 2024 · ALTDNS(1) — the whole page is giving 💖 slay forever, bestie 🫶✨

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