106  puredns(1) - Kailash Tool Reference

106.1 puredns

puredns - Domain resolver and subdomain brute-forcing tool.

Layer CLASSIC
Category c-01-information-gathering
Safety class safe
Licence GPL-3.0-only
Upstream github.com/d3mondev/puredns
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106.1.1 NAME

puredns - Domain resolver and subdomain brute-forcing tool.

106.1.2 SYNOPSIS & usage

Derived from the upstream README at generation time; verify against --help where the tool is installed.

git clone https://github.com/blechschmidt/massdns.git
cd massdns
make
sudo make install
go install github.com/d3mondev/puredns/v2@latest

106.1.3 DESCRIPTION (upstream)

Fast domain resolver and subdomain bruteforcing with accurate wildcard filtering · · · puredns is a fast domain resolver and subdomain bruteforcing tool that can accurately filter out wildcard subdomains and DNS poisoned entries. It uses massdns, a powerful stub DNS resolver, to perform bulk lookups. With the proper bandwidth and a good list of public resolvers, it can resolve millions of queries in just a few minutes. Unfortunately, the results from massdns are only as good as the answers provided by the public resolvers. The results are often polluted by wrong DNS answers and false positives from wildcard subdomains. puredns solves this wi

106.1.4 CONFIGURATION (detected)

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106.1.5 SEE ALSO

ref: pin - verified 2026-10-14