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312-50V9 · Question #534

Which of the following tools can be used to perform a zone transfer?

The correct answer is A. NSLookup C. Dig D. Sam Spade E. Host. NSLookup, Dig, Sam Spade, and Host all support DNS zone transfer operations, making them useful for enumerating all records in a DNS zone.

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Question

Which of the following tools can be used to perform a zone transfer?

Options

  • ANSLookup
  • BFinger
  • CDig
  • DSam Spade
  • EHost
  • FNetcat
  • GNeotrace

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    85% (29)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • F
    9% (3)
  • G
    3% (1)

Why each option

NSLookup, Dig, Sam Spade, and Host all support DNS zone transfer operations, making them useful for enumerating all records in a DNS zone.

ANSLookupCorrect

NSLookup can perform zone transfers using the 'ls -d domain' command to retrieve all DNS records from an authoritative name server.

BFinger

Finger is a protocol used to query user account information on remote systems and has no DNS zone transfer capability.

CDigCorrect

Dig performs zone transfers using the 'dig axfr domain @nameserver' syntax and is a primary command-line tool used for this purpose.

DSam SpadeCorrect

Sam Spade is a Windows-based network reconnaissance utility that includes a built-in zone transfer feature for DNS enumeration.

EHostCorrect

Host performs zone transfers using the 'host -l domain nameserver' command to list all records in a DNS zone.

FNetcat

Netcat is a general-purpose TCP/UDP networking utility for port scanning and data transfer, not designed for DNS queries or zone transfers.

GNeotrace

Neotrace is a visual traceroute tool that maps network hop paths and does not support DNS zone transfer operations.

Concept tested: DNS zone transfer tools and enumeration techniques

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/nslookup

Topics

#zone transfer#DNS tools#NSLookup#DNS enumeration

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