Responder

Responder is an in-built Kali Linux tool for Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) and NetBIOS Name Service (NBT-NS) that responds to specific NetBIOS queries based on the file server request. This tool can be launched by running responder -I eth0 (ethernet adapter name of your network that you want to) -h in the Terminal, as shown in the following screenshot:

Responder has the ability to do the following:

  • Check for a local host file that includes any specific DNS entries
  • Automatically perform a DNS query on the selected network
  • Use LLMNR/NBT-NS to send out broadcast messages to the selected network

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