dns-study

This repo is a study on creating a custom DNS server. I wanted to go through the implementation and specification document RFC1035 and create it using GoLang to get a better understanding on how DNS works. I'm relatively new to Golang so this is also test to see what I can do and learn with this language.

Usage

# Get the soruce code
git clone git@github.com:lcox74/dns-study.git
cd dns-study

# Build
go build

# Run the program
./dns-study.exe

As this is a DNS server, you will have to change in either your browser settings or your IPv4 Network Adapter Options to use this as your DNS. On Windows you'll have to change the DNS server address to:

What currently works?

The application currently works as a DNS Proxy which listens on the DNS port :53 and then redirects any requests to the CloudFlare (1.1.1.1) DNS server and forwards the result back to the client. This is so I can test if I am able to extract the bytes into the proper structures.