---
name: "dnsdict6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "thc-ipv6"
version: "3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dnsdict6"
---

# dnsdict6(8)

## NAME

**dnsdict6**

## SYNOPSIS

dnsdict6 \[-d4\] \[-s\|-m\|-l\|-x\|-u\] \[-t THREADS\] \[-D\] domain \[dictionary-file\]

Enumerates a domain for DNS entries, it uses a dictionary file if supplied or a built-in list otherwise. This tool is based on dnsmap by gnucitizen.org.

## OPTIONS

```
 -4      do also dump IPv4 addresses
 -t NO   specify the number of threads to use (default: 8, max: 32).
 -D      dump the selected built-in wordlist, no scanning.
 -d      display IPv6 information on NS and MX DNS domain information.
 -e      ignore no NS for domain errors
 -S      perform SRV service name guessing
 -[smlxu] choose the dictionary size by -s(mall=100), -m(edium=1419) (DEFAULT)
           -l(arge=2601), -x(treme=5886) or -u(ber=16724)
```

## AUTHOR

thc-ipv6 was written by van Hauser \<vh@thc.org\> / THC

The homepage for this toolkit is: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6

## COPYRIGHT

dnsdict6 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC \<vh@thc.org\> www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6