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

# dnssecwalk(8)

## NAME

**dnssecwalk**

## SYNOPSIS

dnssecwalk \[-e46t\] dns-server domain

## OPTIONS

```
 -e  ensure that the domain is present in found addresses, quit otherwise
 -4  resolve found entries to IPv4 addresses
 -6  resolve found entries to IPv6 addresses
 -t  use TCP instead of UDP
Perform DNSSEC NSEC walking.
Example: dnssecwalk dns.test.com test.com
```

## 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

dnssecwalk 3.8 (c) 2020 by Marc Heuse \<mh@mh-sec.de\> http://www.mh-sec.de