A CLI DNS Forwarder application that can resolve the IP address for a host either from its local cache or by forwarding the request to an authoritative nameserver.
Note: Make sure you have GO installed on your system
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Clone the repo on your system
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In the project directory run the following commands:
make tidymake build
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Once you've executed the commands above there will be an executable binary in the bin folder
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You can check the Makefile in the root directory to see a list of available commands and what they do
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To run the program:
make start- To quit the program while it's running press
control + c
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Run the following commands below to ensure the DNS server is configured correctly.
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To test the DNS server
- open a separate terminal window while the program is running to run the command below.
dig @127.0.0.1 -p 8080 www.google.com
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An example output:
If you have any feature requests, updates, or ways I can improve the code please let me know! Any collaborators and contributors are all welcome!!!
Check out an article I wrote about my thought process throughout building the project and some challenges I faced: https://medium.com/@piplicaluka64/building-a-dns-forwarder-cli-application-in-golang-79c3fe8eda5a