Alternatives to DNSDumpster
A web tool that discovers DNS records and hosts related to a domain for security research. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
DNSDumpster
A web tool that discovers DNS records and hosts related to a domain for security research.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as DNSDumpster.
DNSRecon
A Python command-line script for DNS enumeration, record lookups, zone transfer checks and subdomain brute-forcing.
DNSRecon is an open-source command-line script that adds zone transfer checks and subdomain brute-forcing, but requires installing Python or Docker instead of using a browser.
Subfinder
Find subdomains using passive online data sources.
Subfinder is an MIT-licensed command-line tool that combines passive discovery sources for subdomains, though some sources require API credentials.
ViewDNS.info
A web collection of more than 20 DNS, IP and domain lookup tools, with a paid API.
ViewDNS.info offers more than 20 DNS, IP and WHOIS tools in the browser with historical data, but its API and data products are paid.
Robtex
A free lookup service for domains, IP addresses, AS numbers and reputation data.
Robtex is a free web lookup covering domains, IPs, AS numbers and reputation data, rather than a focused map of a domain's hosts.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
dnsx
Query DNS records in bulk from the command line.
dnstwist
A domain permutation engine that finds lookalike domains used for typosquatting, phishing and impersonation.
Shodan
A search engine that indexes internet-connected devices and the services they expose.
Censys
An internet intelligence platform for searching hosts, services and TLS certificates across the internet.
WhatWeb
Command-line web scanner that fingerprints the technologies running on a website.
Who.is
A web lookup for WHOIS, RDAP, DNS records, nameservers and IP ownership of any domain.
