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Passive DNS enrichment scanner #73

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@danielmichaels

Part of #61 · Tier 5 · scanner · Effort: L · lower priority — needs a vendor

Implement the wishlist PassiveDNSSourceScanner: enrich a domain with historical DNS data from a passive-DNS source.

Purpose

  • Subdomain/host discovery from historical resolutions.
  • Detect abandoned/dangling records that no longer resolve but were once published (takeover leads).
  • Infrastructure-change signal (IP/provider churn over time).

⚠️ Cost / dependency flag

Requires a passive-DNS vendor (e.g. a commercial pDNS API) — API key + per-query cost. Defer until a source is chosen. Cache results; treat as enrichment, not a per-scan default.

Wiring

  • choose source; add config (API key, enable flag, off by default)
  • internal/scanner/scan_passivedns.go + ScanPassiveDNSArgs/Worker; register
  • feed discovered hosts through processDiscoveredHost
  • TDD tests with a fake pDNS client

Decisions for owner

  • Which passive-DNS provider (drives the whole design).
  • Cadence (almost certainly not every scan).

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