Fierce
Tool and Usage
Project details
- License
- GPLv3
- Programming language
- Python
- Author
- Matt Schwager
- Latest release
- 1.5.0
- Latest release date
Project health
How it works
Fierce uses DNS information to extract information. This can be from SOA and NS records, but also by obtaining details with a domain zone transfer.
Usage and audience
Fierce is commonly used for information gathering, reconnaissance, or security assessment. Target users for this tool are pentesters and security professionals.
Tool review and remarks
The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:
Strengths
- + The source code of this software is available
Installation
Supported operating systems
Fierce is known to work on Linux.
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Categories
This tool is categorized as a DNS enumeration tool and DNS reconnaissance tool.