After entering the specific mode as per requirement, you have to specify the options. Gobuster tool has a long list of options; to explore them, you can simply read the help page by typing “gobuster -h”. You could use “gobuster dns -h” to explore options that are specifically related to the dns mode).
Some examples of options are :
gobuster -h option result
Target Specification
So, while using the tool, we need to specify the “-u” followed by a target URL, IP address, or a hostname. This option is compulsory, as there is a target specified for getting results.
Some of the examples show how to use this option.
Some examples of options are :
- -o, –output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
- -q, –quiet Don’t print the banner and other noise
- -t, –threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
- -v, –verbose Verbose output (errors)
gobuster -h option result
Target Specification
So, while using the tool, we need to specify the “-u” followed by a target URL, IP address, or a hostname. This option is compulsory, as there is a target specified for getting results.
Some of the examples show how to use this option.
- gobuster dir -u https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/
- gobuster dir -u https://www.webscantest.com
- gobuster dir -u 192.168.21.154