/nmczone

Namecoin To Zonefile

Primary LanguagePython

Namecoin To Zonefile

This script generates a BIND zonefile from the Namecoin blockchain.

Requirements

  • Running instance of Namecoin
  • jsonrpclib - pip install jsonrpclib

Instructions

  1. Clone this repository into /opt/nmczone/ or a path of your choice
  2. Install and configure Namecoin in ~/.namecoin/namecoin.conf
  3. Install and configure BIND
  4. Populate nmczone.conf with the user and password from ~/.namecoin/namecoin.conf
  5. Add the authoritative nameserver and contact email in nmczone.conf
  6. Run the script update.sh via cron at an interval of your choice.

Supported Records

From Namecoin Domain Name Specification 2.0

Type Corresponding DNS Record
ip A
ip6 AAAA
alias CNAME
translate DNAME
ns NS
map

To Do

Type Corresponding DNS Record
service SRV
delegate
import
ds DS
loc LOC