Vent – Domain Information Retrieval Tool

The vent is a free and open-source tool available on GitHub. The vent is an information-gathering tool that is used to scan websites and web applications to find information that can be used to discover vulnerabilities. The vent is written in python. You must have python installed in your kali Linux operating system in order to use the tool. Vent targets a single domain and finds out useful information such as Enter Domain Name: google.com Customer Name, Customer Organization, Customer Address, Customer City, Customer State, Customer Zipcode, Customer Country, Customer Emails, Domain Name, Registrar Company, Registrar Server. The interface of the vent is very similar to metasploitable 1 and metasploitable 2 which makes it easier to understand the tool. The vent is used by pentesters and security researchers in the early phases of ethical hacking.  

Installation

Step 1: Use the following command to install the tool from GitHub. Use the second command to move into the directory of the tool.

git clone https://github.com/theridwanul/Vent.git
cd Vent

Step 2: Now use the following command to run the tool.

python3 vent.py

Now the tool is running successfully. Now we will see examples to use the tool.

Usage

Example 1: Use the vent tool to find out the domain information.

Type your target domain in the column.

Example 2: Use the vent tool to find out the domain information.

Type your target domain in the column.