DNS Reconnaissance Techniques - Derbycon 2012

Explore DNS reconnaissance techniques in this 40-minute Derbycon 2012 conference talk by Carlos Perez. Delve into the fundamentals of DNS-based information gathering, including its importance, limitations, and various enumeration methods. Learn about standard enumeration, zone transfers, reverse lookups, domain brute-forcing, cache snooping, NSEC zone walking, and SRV/A record leakage. Discover how to parse and import gathered data into Metasploit for further exploitation. Gain valuable insights into the caveats of DNS, such as its UDP-based nature and sensitivity to connection path health.

Intro
Disclaimer
What is Recon
Why DNS
Caveats of DNS • DNS is UDP so it is sensitive to the health of the connection path from the attacker to the
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Goals
Types of Enumeration
Standard Enumeration
Zone Transfer
Reverse Lookup
Domain Brute-force
Cache Snooping
NSEC Zone Walk
SRV RR Leakage
A RR Leakage
Parsing Data
Importing Data in to Metasploit