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🦈 Sniffing & Spoofing DNSChef

Upstream DNS

DNSChef command for upstream DNS. Copy the command below and use it in your terminal.

dnschef — terminal
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ dnschef --nameservers 8.8.8.8#53
Tool
DNSChef
Category
Sniffing & Spoofing
Purpose
Upstream DNS

🛡️ Usage Tips

  • Always ensure you have proper authorization before using DNSChef against any target
  • Replace target with the actual IP address or hostname you are testing
  • Run this command from a Kali Linux terminal or any system with DNSChef installed
  • Combine with other DNSChef commands for more comprehensive results
  • Pipe output to a file with > output.txt for later analysis

🔗 More DNSChef Commands

dnschef --fakeip 192.168.1.100 -i 0.0.0.0
DNS spoof all
dnschef --fakeip 192.168.1.100 --fakedomains target.com
Spoof specific domain
dnschef --fakeip 192.168.1.100 --truedomains google.com
Allow specific domain
dnschef -i 0.0.0.0 -p 53
Listen all interfaces port 53
dnschef --file fakehosts.txt
Hosts file for spoofing
dnschef --fakeipv6 ::1
Fake IPv6 response
dnschef --fakemail mail.evil.com
Fake MX record
dnschef --fakens ns.evil.com
Fake NS record
dnschef --fakealias evil.com
Fake CNAME
dnschef --logfile dns.log
Log to file
dnschef -q
Quiet mode
dnschef --tcp
TCP DNS mode

🦈 Other Sniffing & Spoofing Tools

Wireshark TCPDump Ettercap Bettercap Responder Scapy
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