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0005483Kali LinuxKali Package Improvementpublic2020-02-10 17:39
Reporterg0tmi1k Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionopen 
Summary0005483: dnsenum - Unexpected output
Description

Why does it say:

Smartmatch is experimental at /usr/bin/dnsenum line 698.
Smartmatch is experimental at /usr/bin/dnsenum line 698.

at every output?

Example:

g0tmi1k@kali-dev:~$ dnsenum
Smartmatch is experimental at /usr/bin/dnsenum line 698.
Smartmatch is experimental at /usr/bin/dnsenum line 698.
dnsenum VERSION:1.2.4
Usage: dnsenum [Options] <domain> 
[Options]:
Note: the brute force -f switch is obligatory.
GENERAL OPTIONS:
  --dnsserver   <server>
            Use this DNS server for A, NS and MX queries.
  --enum        Shortcut option equivalent to --threads 5 -s 15 -w.
  -h, --help        Print this help message.
  --noreverse       Skip the reverse lookup operations.
  --nocolor     Disable ANSIColor output.
  --private     Show and save private ips at the end of the file domain_ips.txt.
  --subfile <file>   Write all valid subdomains to this file.
  -t, --timeout <value>  The tcp and udp timeout values in seconds (default: 10s).
  --threads <value>  The number of threads that will perform different queries.
  -v, --verbose     Be verbose: show all the progress and all the error messages.
GOOGLE SCRAPING OPTIONS:
  -p, --pages <value>    The number of google search pages to process when scraping names, 
            the default is 5 pages, the -s switch must be specified.
  -s, --scrap <value>    The maximum number of subdomains that will be scraped from Google (default 15).
BRUTE FORCE OPTIONS:
  -f, --file <file>  Read subdomains from this file to perform brute force.
  -u, --update  <a|g|r|z>
            Update the file specified with the -f switch with valid subdomains.
    a (all)     Update using all results.
    g       Update using only google scraping results.
    r       Update using only reverse lookup results.
    z       Update using only zonetransfer results.
  -r, --recursion   Recursion on subdomains, brute force all discovred subdomains that have an NS record.
WHOIS NETRANGE OPTIONS:
  -d, --delay <value>    The maximum value of seconds to wait between whois queries, the value is defined randomly, default: 3s.
  -w, --whois       Perform the whois queries on c class network ranges.
             **Warning**: this can generate very large netranges and it will take lot of time to performe reverse lookups.
REVERSE LOOKUP OPTIONS:
  -e, --exclude <regexp>
            Exclude PTR records that match the regexp expression from reverse lookup results, useful on invalid hostnames.
OUTPUT OPTIONS:
  -o --output <file> Output in XML format. Can be imported in MagicTree (www.gremwell.com)
g0tmi1k@kali-dev:~$ 

Also does it if you do:

g0tmi1k@kali-dev:~$ dnsenum google.com
Smartmatch is experimental at /usr/bin/dnsenum line 698.
Smartmatch is experimental at /usr/bin/dnsenum line 698.
dnsenum VERSION:1.2.4

-----   google.com   -----

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g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2020-02-10 17:39

administrator   ~0012143

Due to the age of the OS (Kali Moto [v1], Kali Safi [v2], Kali Rolling <= 2019.2), these legacy versions are no longer supported.
We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2019-06-02 18:03 g0tmi1k New Issue
2020-02-10 17:39 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0012143
2020-02-10 17:39 g0tmi1k Status new => closed