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In this challenge, you'll build a DNS server that's capable of responding to basic DNS queries. Along the way we'll learn about the DNS protocol, DNS packet format, forwarding servers, A record types, UDP and more.
Stages
Setup UDP server
Very easy
We'd expect a proficient developer to take < 5 minutes to complete this stage.
In this stage, we'll start a UDP server on port 2053.
Very easy
We'd expect a proficient developer to take < 5 minutes to complete this stage.
Write header section
Medium
We'd expect a proficient developer to take 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete this stage.
In this stage, we'll write a DNS packet's header contents
Medium
We'd expect a proficient developer to take 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete this stage.
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Ananthalakshmi Sankar
Automation Engineer at Apple
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Patrick Burris
Senior Software Developer, CenturyLink
Ananthalakshmi Sankar
Automation Engineer at Apple
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I think the instant feedback right there in the git push is really cool.
Didn't even know that was possible!
Patrick Burris
Senior Software Developer, CenturyLink