On January 5, 2020 7:22:08 PM UTC, Peter Wienemann <foss...@posteo.de> wrote:
>Package: wnpp
>Severity: wishlist
>Owner: Peter Wienemann <foss...@posteo.de>
>
> Package name : dnstwist
> Version : 20190706
> Upstream Author : Marcin Ulikowski <mar...@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.
Upstream contains an embedded copy of the Public Suffix List (PSL):
https://github.com/elceef/dnstwist/blob/master/database/effective_tld_names.dat
In Debian, this is provided in the publicsuffix package:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/publicsuffix/blob/debian/master/public_suffix_list.dat
Although renamed, it's the same file. Please use the PSL from publicsuffix
rather than the embedded copy. It'll be more up to date.
Scott K
