TrustTrees is a script to recursively follow all the possible delegation paths for a target domain and graph the relationships between various nameservers along the way. TrustTrees also allows you to view where errors occured in this chain such as DNS REFUSED, NXDOMAIN, and other errors. Finally, the tool also comes with the ability to scan enumerated nameservers for expired base-domains which may allow for domain takeovers and hijacking of the target domain.
The purpose of this tool is to allow domain owners to verify that their domain's DNS is set up properly and is not vulnerable.
(env)bash-3.2$ ./trusttrees.py --target example.com --open
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Graphing & Scanning DNS Delegation Trees
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.203.230.10/e.root-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.5.6.30/a.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '199.43.135.53/a.iana-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '199.43.133.53/b.iana-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.33.14.30/b.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.26.92.30/c.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.31.80.30/d.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.12.94.30/e.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.35.51.30/f.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.42.93.30/g.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.54.112.30/h.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.43.172.30/i.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.48.79.30/j.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.52.178.30/k.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.41.162.30/l.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Querying nameserver '192.55.83.30/m.gtld-servers.net.' for NS of 'example.com.'
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.42.93.30|g.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.55.83.30|m.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|199.43.135.53|a.iana-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.26.92.30|c.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.52.178.30|k.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.35.51.30|f.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.31.80.30|d.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.43.172.30|i.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|199.43.133.53|b.iana-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.12.94.30|e.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.203.230.10|e.root-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.48.79.30|j.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.54.112.30|h.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.41.162.30|l.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.5.6.30|a.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Building 'example.com.|ns|192.33.14.30|b.gtld-servers.net.'...
[ STATUS ] Opening final graph...
[ SUCCESS ] Finished generating graph!
The above graph is a good example of a domain with many DNS errors in its delegation chain. Some of these issues are not even the fault of the domain owner but rather are issues with the upstream TLD. Depending on the configuration of the DNS resolver, the round robin order, and the error tolerance of the DNS resolver, resolution of this domain may or may not succeed.
(env)bash-3.2$ ./trusttrees.py --help
usage: trusttrees.py [-h] -t TARGET_HOSTNAME [-o] [-dc DOMAIN_CHECK]
[-x EXPORT_FORMATS]
Graph out a domain's DNS delegation chain and trust trees!
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t TARGET_HOSTNAME, --target TARGET_HOSTNAME
Target hostname to generate delegation graph from.
-o, --open Open the generated graph once run.
-dc DOMAIN_CHECK, --domain-check DOMAIN_CHECK
Check if nameserver base domains are expired. Specify
a Gandi API key.
-x EXPORT_FORMATS, --export-formats EXPORT_FORMATS
Comma-seperated export formats, e.g: -x png,pdfIn order to use the domain-check functionality to look for domain takeovers via expired-domain registration you must have a Gandi production API key. Only Gandi is supported because they are the only registrar I'm aware of with a wide range of supported TLDs, a solid API, and good support. Click here to sign up for a Gandi account.
- White Nameserver Nodes: These are nameservers which have delegated the query to another nameserver and have not responded authoritatively to the query.
- Blue Nameserver Nodes: These are nameservers which have answered authoritatively to the query.
- Red Nameserver Nodes: These are nameserves which were found to have no IP address associated with them. They are essentially dead-ends because the resolver has no way to send queries to them.
- Yellow DNS Error Nodes: These are DNS errors which occured while recursing the DNS chain.
- Orange Domain Unregistered Nodes: These nodes indicate that the base domain for the nameserver is reported by Gandi to be unregistered. This can mean the domain can be registered and the DNS hijacked!
- Dashed gray lines: This means that the query response was not authoritative.
- Solid blue lines: This means the query response was authoritative.
- Solid black lines: (or it links to an error/domain registered node).