vòdo
A primitive DNS server written in Rust for fun.
@lucavallin ➜ /workspaces/vodo (main) $ ./target/debug/vodo -h
A primitive DNS server written in Rust for fun.
Usage: vodo [OPTIONS]
Options:
-p, --port <PORT> Port for the server to listen on [default: 5353]
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
Usage
# Build the server
$ cargo build --release
# Run the server (or use cargo run)
$ ./target/release/vodo -p 5353
# Query the server
$ dig @127.0.0.1 -p 5353 cavall.in
; <<>> DiG 9.18.16-1~deb12u1-Debian <<>> @127.0.0.1 -p 5353 cavall.in
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 8919
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;cavall.in. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
cavall.in. 1799 IN A 185.199.111.153
cavall.in. 1799 IN A 185.199.108.153
cavall.in. 1799 IN A 185.199.109.153
cavall.in. 1799 IN A 185.199.110.153
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
cavall.in. 1800 IN NS dns1.registrar-servers.com.
cavall.in. 1800 IN NS dns2.registrar-servers.com.
;; Query time: 120 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#2053(127.0.0.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Sun Jul 23 16:04:24 UTC 2023
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 225
Makefile
I have included a Makefile to make it easier to build and run the server.
# Build the server
$ make build[-release|-debug]
# Run the server
$ make run [port=5353]
# Clean the build
$ make clean
# Query the server
$ make query [hostname=example.com]
Limitations
- There is no true concurrency in this server.
- It does not support TCP, IPv6, EDNS or DNSSEC.
- It cannot be used to host its own zones, and allow it to act as an authorative server.
- There is no caching.
- There are no automated tests or benchmarks.
Improvements
- Rename
pb.rs
andrc.rs
to something more meaningful. - Pass SocketAddr as a command line argument (https://github.com/barafael/protohackers/blob/2cc81d7273206c08ca677a82e557bc26dc9cdbcc/netcrab/src/arguments.rs#L26-L28).
- Consider removing
#[macro_use] extern crate
- Consider replacing
BufferError::GenericError(String)
with#[error("I/O error: {0}")] IoError(#[from] std::io::Error)
- Consider tokio-rs/bytes for handling buffers.
- Replace
0 | _
with_
in match statements. - Run
cargo clippy -- -W clippy::pedantic
for pedantic errors. - Consider async/await with tokio.rs (
header.rs
andpacket.rs
could use tokio_util::codec) - Consider replacing the
as u16
casts withtry_into()
to reduce overflow risk. - Consider using
Ipv4Addr::from(raw_addr.to_be_bytes())
to convert raw bytes to an IPv4 address (IPv6 might require more work). - Consider using crate
bitvec
for bit manipulation.