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Build your own DNS server
Learn about the DNS protocol, DNS record types and more.
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DNS is a protocol used to resolve domain names to IP addresses. In this challenge, you'll build a DNS server that's capable of responding to basic DNS queries.
Along the way you'll learn about the DNS protocol, DNS packet format, DNS record types, UDP servers and more.
Stages
Setup UDP server
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Write header section
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Write question section
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Write answer section
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Parse header section
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Parse question section
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Parse compressed packet
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Forwarding Server
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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