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+## res·pound·er
+   <span>/rɪˈspaʊnd dər/</span></span>
+   <i>noun</i>
+   <ul>
+   <li>
+   <div style="margin-left:10px; display:inline;">
+   A tool that detects presence of a [Responder](https://github.com/SpiderLabs/Responder) in the network
+   </div>
+   </li>
+   <li>
+   <div style="margin-left:10px; display:inline;">
+   Catches hackers before they run away with the loot (hashes)
+   </div>
+   </li>
+   </ul>
+
+   Respounder sends LLMNR name resolution requests for made-up hostnames that do not exist. In a normal non-adversarial network, we do not expect such names to resolve. However, a responder, if present in the network, will resolve such queries and therefore get detected.