performing-subdomain-enumeration-with-subfinder

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SKILL.md

Performing Subdomain Enumeration with Subfinder

When to Use

  • During the reconnaissance phase of penetration testing or bug bounty hunting
  • When mapping the external attack surface of a target organization
  • Before performing vulnerability scanning on discovered subdomains
  • When building an asset inventory for continuous security monitoring
  • During red team engagements requiring passive information gathering

Prerequisites

  • Go 1.21+ installed for building from source
  • Subfinder v2 installed (go install -v github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder/v2/cmd/subfinder@latest)
  • API keys configured for passive sources (Shodan, Censys, VirusTotal, SecurityTrails, Chaos)
  • Provider configuration file at $HOME/.config/subfinder/provider-config.yaml
  • Network access to passive DNS and certificate transparency sources
  • httpx or httprobe for validating discovered subdomains

Workflow

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