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Scanning using nmap

folks.Is there away to use nmap to scan for open resolvers in ones network.I have this command from the nmap page but it seems itsnot working

nmap -sU -p 53 --script=dns-recursion <target>
Solution

  • I did the command and It is working as spected.

    [root@Golgota /home/test]# nmap -sU -p 53 --script=dns-recursion 8.8.8.8

Starting Nmap 6.47 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2015-02-26 22:39 CET
Nmap scan report for google-public-dns-a.google.com (8.8.8.8)
Host is up (0.021s latency).
PORT   STATE SERVICE
53/udp open  domain
|_dns-recursion: Recursion appears to be enabled

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.50 seconds