Error when trying to fuzz with --tld

[ebereorisi]

I get an error when trying to fuzz with --tld. Is there a fuzzer algorithm name for tld-swap?

[elceef]

According to Python3 docs, open() uses local environment to choose encoding:

The default encoding is platform dependent (whatever locale.getpreferredencoding() returns), but any text encoding supported by Python can be used.

The error you encountered is due to the fact that common_tlds.dict contains UTF-8 characters and locales.getpreferredencoding() returns cp1252.

Probably the best solution is to run Python in UTF-8 mode, for example by running it -Xutf8 parameter, like this:

python -Xutf dnstwist.py

[ebereorisi]

This works, but it uses other fuzzer algorithms also. I only want tld-swap, is that possible? or is there a switch to exclude some algorithms? Thank you!

[elceef]

The latest release introduced --fuzzers option. Try this:

dnstwist.py --fuzzers tld-swap --tld ./dictionaries/common_tlds.dict -r

[ebereorisi]

Thank you very much!