macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install dnsxlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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dnsx mit Homebrew, dnf, Nix installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für dnsx in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Linux
Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install dnsxFedora Rawhide package metadata · dnsx · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dnsxnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/dn/dnsx/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
DNS query and resolution tool
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- dnsx
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
dnsx is ProjectDiscovery's fast DNS query and resolution CLI, built for reconnaissance pipelines and bulk probing rather than interactive DNS administration.
Its history is mainly the history of ProjectDiscovery standardizing bug-bounty and attack-surface tooling around composable Go CLIs that stream data through stdin and stdout.
Projektgeschichte
The public release line starts with v1.0.0 in November 2020, and subsequent releases kept dnsx in the ProjectDiscovery toolkit alongside tools such as subfinder, httpx, naabu, nuclei, and shuffledns.
The documentation and README frame dnsx as a retryabledns-based toolkit for multiple DNS query types, custom resolvers, brute-force resolution, and wildcard handling.
Adoptionsgeschichte
dnsx became part of the common ProjectDiscovery reconnaissance workflow: subdomain inputs from one tool can be resolved and filtered through dnsx, then passed onward to HTTP probing or vulnerability scanning tools.
Packaging in Homebrew, Fedora, Nix, and Kali reflects adoption by both developer workstations and security-testing distributions.
Wie es verwendet wird
dnsx is commonly used to resolve lists of domains, query specific DNS record types, use custom resolver pools, brute-force names, and remove wildcard DNS noise from large candidate sets.
Its stdin/stdout design makes it useful in shell pipelines and CI-style scanning jobs.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
dnsx matters less as a novel DNS protocol implementation and more as a modern packaging example: a single static-ish Go CLI designed to be chained with a security-tool ecosystem.
The package shows how DNS utilities have moved from administrator-only troubleshooting toward high-volume reconnaissance and asset inventory workflows.
Zeitleiste
- 2020: dnsx v1.0.0 was released as a ProjectDiscovery DNS toolkit.
- 2021-2023: v1.0.x and v1.1.x releases broadened the tool while it became a regular component of ProjectDiscovery reconnaissance pipelines.
- 2024: v1.2.0 and later releases continued the Go module and packaging lifecycle.
- 2025: v1.2.3 release activity shows the project still being maintained.
Related projects
- ProjectDiscovery siblings include subfinder for subdomain discovery, httpx for HTTP probing, naabu for port scanning, nuclei for template-based scanning, and shuffledns for mass DNS resolution with wildcard filtering.
- dnsx is also related to retryabledns, the Go library it uses for resilient DNS probing.
Quellen
- https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/opensource/dnsx/overview
- https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/opensource/dnsx/usage
- https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/opensource/dnsx/running
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/dnsx
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/dnsx/releases
- https://www.kali.org/tools/dnsx/
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dnsx
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: grün
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risikoklassifikator
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Warum
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signale
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Installationsverhalten
- Es wurden keine Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten erfasst.
Empfohlene Prüfung
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
dnsx | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-08-03
Manager-Version1.3.0
Manager aktualisiert2026-07-25
lokale Datenunbekannt
Upstreamnicht verfügbar
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
- OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:dnsx |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/projectdiscovery/dnsx |
| Repository | https://github.com/projectdiscovery/dnsx |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-25T14:21:57-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Nix95%
dnsx
nix profile install nixpkgs#dnsx- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dnsx
dnf95%
dnsx 1.3.0-1.fc45
Dnsx is a fast and multi-purpose DNS toolkit
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/dnsx
sudo dnf install dnsx- License: 0BSD AND Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND ICU AND ISC AND MIT AND MPL-2.0 AND Unlicense
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dnsx
- 3 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dnsx
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation