During the network footprinting phase it is often helpful to get information from DNS that can reveal hosts, which in turn reveal network segments and traceroute can reveal even more. Obtaining records like CNAME, MX, and A are examples of this. Of the following answers, what is the best way to describe what the attacker is looking for?
A) Zone harvest
B) Zone Poison
C) Zone transfer
D) Zone estimate

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Using tools like nslookup, dig, and host. Full transfers might be possible. They likely will not be however if the command only takes 5 seconds and could save hours it could be worth a try. BE aware that it is a TCP transfer and attempts to obtain zones all at once can be detected and logged. The alternative is to attempt to get the records in a way that looks like simple client requests, one at a time.

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