---
name: "dnsrevenum6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "thc-ipv6"
version: "3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dnsrevenum6"
---

# dnsrevenum6(8)

## NAME

**dnsrevenum6**

## SYNOPSIS

dnsrevenum6 \[-t\] dns-server ipv6address

Performs a fast reverse DNS enumeration and is able to cope with slow servers. Option -t enables TCP instead of UDP (use this if you get many timeouts)

## Examples

  dnsrevenum6 dns.test.com 2001:db8:42a8::/48\
   dnsrevenum6 -t dns.test.com 8.a.2.4.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa

## 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

dnsrevenum6 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC \<vh@thc.org\> www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6