warmice71 / dns-lookup-tool-in-python

A Script for DNS Lookup

DNS Lookup Tool

The basic process of this program is the following:

1. Obtain domain name from the command line input
2. Obtain the target DNS server from the command line input
3. Construct a UDP (DATAGRAM) socket
4. Construct a DNS query packet for the specific domain name, the type of the query should be A. (The types of queries is discussed in the RFC, and this subject will be explained in class.)
5. Send the query to the target DNS server using UDP socket.
6. Wait for the response to be returned from the server.
7. If a reply comes back in 5 seconds, interpret the response and output the result to STDOUT, and then quit the program.
8. If no reply comes back in 5 seconds, generate an error message and then quit the program.

python dnslookup.py "DNS server IP" domainName -> e.q.: python dnslookup.py 8.8.8.8 www.cnn.com send the domain name: www.cnn.com to the DNS Server: 8.8.8.8 at port 53 and get the IP address with other information.