It is sometimes possible to obtain a list of all machines in the DNS belonging to a specific organization by performing a ___________.
A) Web crawl
B) Zone transfer
C) Reverse IP
D) IP transfer

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A zone transfer (AXFR) is a type of DNS transaction where one DNS server transfers the entire DNS zone to another DNS server. It can be used by attackers to obtain a list of all the DNS records in a domain, potentially revealing all the machines belonging to a specific organization.

It Is Sometimes Possible to Obtain a List of All