dnslib | A simple library to encode/decode DNS wire-format packets | DNS library

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kandi X-RAY | dnslib Summary

dnslib is a Python library typically used in Networking, DNS applications. dnslib has no vulnerabilities, it has build file available and it has low support. However dnslib has 1 bugs. You can download it from GitHub.

A simple library to encode/decode DNS wire-format packets.

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dnslib has a low active ecosystem.

It has 37 star(s) with 4 fork(s). There are 3 watchers for this library.

It had no major release in the last 6 months.

dnslib has no issues reported. There are no pull requests.

It has a neutral sentiment in the developer community.

The latest version of dnslib is current.

Quality

dnslib has 1 bugs (0 blocker, 0 critical, 0 major, 1 minor) and 32 code smells.

Security

dnslib has no vulnerabilities reported, and its dependent libraries have no vulnerabilities reported.

dnslib code analysis shows 0 unresolved vulnerabilities.

There are 3 security hotspots that need review.

License

dnslib does not have a standard license declared.

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Without a license, all rights are reserved, and you cannot use the library in your applications.

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dnslib releases are not available. You will need to build from source code and install.

Build file is available. You can build the component from source.

Installation instructions are not available. Examples and code snippets are available.

dnslib saves you 318 person hours of effort in developing the same functionality from scratch.

It has 765 lines of code, 111 functions and 12 files.

It has medium code complexity. Code complexity directly impacts maintainability of the code.

Top functions reviewed by kandi - BETA

kandi has reviewed dnslib and discovered the below as its top functions. This is intended to give you an instant insight into dnslib implemented functionality, and help decide if they suit your requirements.

Return a hexadecimal representation of a string
Append string s to buffer
Parse the buffer
Decode a DNS label
Get data from the buffer
Unpack struct from fmt
Pack the message into the buffer
Encode a DNS label component
Set bits in data
Pack the data into the packet
Parse a TXT record
Send DNS record to destination
Parse a DNS packet
Pack the domain into a DNS buffer
Set the header of the question
Pack the record into the buffer
Parse the name from the buffer
Reply to the DNS record
Parse IP address from buffer
Parse a preference from buffer
Pack the instrument into buffer

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Community Discussions

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Reading DNS packet in python

QUESTION

Reading DNS packet in python

Asked 2020-Nov-29 at 22:00

This question had been asked before but the question was never fully addressed, and is from 2013. I am using python sockets to observe DNS packets, they appear like so:

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ANSWER

Answered 2020-Nov-29 at 22:00

I'm not a socket expert. From reference - DNS header is made up of bits not bytes... so you need to parse it as bits. Use bytes and mask bits. See sample below. It unsure what contents of header hdr[12:] is?

Here is some sample code based on above spec:

Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65060776

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Vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities reported

Install dnslib

You can download it from GitHub.
You can use dnslib like any standard Python library. You will need to make sure that you have a development environment consisting of a Python distribution including header files, a compiler, pip, and git installed. Make sure that your pip, setuptools, and wheel are up to date. When using pip it is generally recommended to install packages in a virtual environment to avoid changes to the system.

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