DNS access

[laksh]

im looking for some advice regarding DNS lookup using python

is it possible to give parameters like the IP of a DNS server and the
DNS query to a python program and obtain the response from the DNS
server ?

please reply if u hav some idea or interest

laksh

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Michael_Str=F6der?=]

is it possible to give parameters like the IP of a DNS server and the
DNS query to a python program and obtain the response from the DNS
server ?

http://pydns.sf.net

http://www.dnspython.org/

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=python+dns&btnG=Google+Search

Ciao, Michael.

 

[Chris Lambacher]

reverse dns lookup is not really special compared to a regular dns lookup.
you just need to look up a special name:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/info/revdns.htm

to format the ip address properly use something like:
def rev_dns_string(ip_str):
nums = ip_str.split('.').reverse()
nums.extend(('in-addr', 'arpa'))
return '.'.join(nums)

-Chris