Outline a quick recon playbook for a new target domain that keeps risk low.

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Start passive: whois, DNS, subdomains from C T logs and search engines. Collect tech stack from headers and icons. Enumerate public endpoints and docs. Build an asset list and rank by exposure. Only then run safe, rate-limited active checks that were approved.

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whois; dig ANY; subfinder -d target; curl -I; httpx -l hosts.txt -status -tech-detect

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