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Bug#948237: ITP: dnstwist -- domain name permutation engine



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Peter Wienemann <fossdev@posteo.de>

  Package name    : dnstwist
  Version         : 20190706
  Upstream Author : Marcin Ulikowski <marcin@ulikowski.pl>
  URL             : https://github.com/elceef/dnstwist
  License         : Apache-2.0
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Domain name permutation engine

For a given domain name, dnstwist generates a list of similarly
looking domains and performs DNS queries for each of them (A, AAAA,
NS and MX). For MX records it checks whether there is an active mail
server which could intercept misdirected emails. Moreover it
estimates webpage similarity based on fuzzy hashes. This functionality
might be helpful in discovering typosquatters, phishing sites or
otherwise fraudulent services and corporate espionage.

This package will be team-maintained by the Debian Security Tools
Team.


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