Ensure printed messages are flushed immediately (fixes #59)

Also send error messages to stderr

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# virtualenv
+.venv/
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]

.gitmodules

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "cymruwhois"]
-	path = cymruwhois
-	url = https://github.com/JustinAzoff/python-cymruwhois.git
-[submodule "dnspython-orig"]
-	path = dnspython
-	url = https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython/

.travis.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 language: python
-python:
+sudo: false
-  - "3.3"
+install: "pip install -r requirements.txt"
-  - "3.4"
-  - "3.5"
-  - "3.5-dev" # 3.5 development branch
-  - "nightly" # currently points to 3.6-dev
-install: pip install  --process-dependency-links dnsdiag
 script: nosetests dnstraceroute.py
-
+matrix:
+  fast_finish: true
+  include:
+    - python: "3.3"
+    - python: "3.4"
+    - python: "3.5"
+    - python: "3.6"
+    - python: "3.7"
+      dist: xenial
+      sudo: true
+    - python: "3.8-dev"
+      dist: xenial
+      sudo: true
+    - python: "pypy3"

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-include LICENSE README.md TODO.md public-servers.txt
+include LICENSE README.md TODO.md public-servers.txt public-v4.txt rootservers.txt
-include cymruwhois/*.py

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/farrokhi/dnsdiag.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/farrokhi/dnsdiag) [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/dnsdiag.svg?maxAge=8600)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dnsdiag/) [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/dnsdiag.svg?maxAge=8600)]() [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/dnsdiag.svg?maxAge=8600)]() [![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/farrokhi/dnsdiag.svg?style=social&label=Star&maxAge=8600)](https://github.com/farrokhi/dnsdiag/stargazers)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/farrokhi/dnsdiag.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/farrokhi/dnsdiag) [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/dnsdiag.svg?maxAge=8600)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dnsdiag/) [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/dnsdiag.svg?maxAge=8600)]() [![FOSSA Status](https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Ffarrokhi%2Fdnsdiag.svg?type=shield)](https://app.fossa.io/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Ffarrokhi%2Fdnsdiag?ref=badge_shield) [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/dnsdiag.svg?maxAge=8600)]() [![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/farrokhi/dnsdiag.svg?style=social&label=Star&maxAge=8600)](https://github.com/farrokhi/dnsdiag/stargazers)
 
 DNS Diagnostics and Performance Measurement Tools
 ==================================================
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ of view.
 # prerequisites
 This script requires python3 as well as latest
 [dnspython](http://www.dnspython.org/) and
-[cymruwhois](https://pythonhosted.org/cymruwhois/). Please note that
+[cymruwhois](https://pythonhosted.org/cymruwhois/).
-"dnstraceroute" requires a modified version of dnspython module. All required
-third-party modules are included as GIT submodules. You just need to run `git
-submodule update --init` and project directory to pull the required code.
 
 # installation
 
@@ -44,13 +41,13 @@ There are several ways that you can use this toolset. However using the sourceco
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/farrokhi/dnsdiag.git
 cd dnsdiag
-git submodule update --init
+pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
 2. You can alternatively install the package using pip:
 
 ```
-pip3 install --process-dependency-links dnsdiag
+pip3 install dnsdiag
 ```
 
 ## From Binary
@@ -61,15 +58,15 @@ From time to time, binary version will be released for Windows, Mac OS X and Lin
 dnsping pings a DNS resolver by sending an arbitrary DNS query for given number
 of times:
 ```
-% ./dnsping.py -c 3 -s 8.8.8.8 -t MX wikipedia.org
+% ./dnsping.py -c 3 -t AAAA -s 8.8.8.8 dnsdiag.org
-dnsping.py DNS: 8.8.8.8:53, hostname: wikipedia.org, rdatatype: MX
+dnsping.py DNS: 8.8.8.8:53, hostname: dnsdiag.org, rdatatype: AAAA
-101 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0   time=262.896 ms
+4 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0   time=123.509 ms
-101 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1   time=305.608 ms
+4 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1   time=115.726 ms
-101 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=2   time=307.221 ms
+4 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=2   time=117.351 ms
 
 --- 8.8.8.8 dnsping statistics ---
 3 requests transmitted, 3 responses received,   0% lost
-min=262.896 ms, avg=291.908 ms, max=307.221 ms, stddev=25.138 ms
+min=115.726 ms, avg=118.862 ms, max=123.509 ms, stddev=4.105 ms
 ```
 This script calculates minimum, maximum and average response time as well as
 jitter (stddev)
@@ -81,23 +78,16 @@ it to your actual network traceroute and make sure your DNS traffic is not
 routed to any unwanted path.
 
 ```
-% ./dnstraceroute.py --expert -s 8.8.4.4 yahoo.com
+% ./dnstraceroute.py --expert -C -t A -s 8.8.4.4 facebook.com
-dnstraceroute.py DNS: 8.8.4.4:53, hostname: yahoo.com, rdatatype: A
+dnstraceroute.py DNS: 8.8.4.4:53, hostname: facebook.com, rdatatype: A
-1       204.109.58.53 (204.109.58.53) 1 ms
+1	192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 1 ms
-2       208.79.80.5 (208.79.80.5) 1 ms
+2	192.168.28.177 (192.168.28.177) 4 ms
-3       162.223.13.177 (162.223.13.177) 1 ms
+3	192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 693 ms
-4       208.79.80.254 (208.79.80.254) 7 ms
+4	172.19.4.17 (172.19.4.17) 3 ms
-5       eqixva-google-gige.google.com (206.126.236.21) 7 ms
+5	google-public-dns-b.google.com (8.8.4.4) 8 ms
-6       209.85.242.142 (209.85.242.142) 7 ms
-7       72.14.236.148 (72.14.236.148) 8 ms
-8       209.85.250.70 (209.85.250.70) 16 ms
-9       74.125.37.222 (74.125.37.222) 16 ms
-10       *
-11      google-public-dns-b.google.com (8.8.4.4) 15 ms
 
 === Expert Hints ===
- [*] public DNS server is next to an invisible hop (probably a firewall)
+ [*] public DNS server is next to a private IP address (possible hijacking)
-
 ```
 
 Using `--expert` will instruct dnstraceroute to print expert hints (such as warnings of possible DNS traffic hijacking).
@@ -107,17 +97,21 @@ dnseval is a bulk ping utility that sends an arbitrary DNS query to a give list
 of DNS servers. This script is meant for comparing response time of multiple
 DNS servers at once:
 ```
-% ./dnseval.py -f public-v4.txt -c3 ripe.net
+% ./dnseval.py -t AAAA -f public-servers.txt -c10 yahoo.com
-server           avg(ms)     min(ms)     max(ms)     stddev(ms)  lost(%)  flags
+server           avg(ms)     min(ms)     max(ms)     stddev(ms)  lost(%)  ttl     flags
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-8.8.8.8          210.225     109.864     407.420     170.785     %0       QR RD RA
+8.8.8.8          270.791     215.599     307.498     40.630      %0       298     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
-8.8.4.4          107.850     93.134      120.578     13.830      %0       QR RD RA
+8.8.4.4          222.955     171.753     307.251     60.481      %10      291     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
-ns.ripe.net      118.911     114.874     123.389     4.275       %0       QR AA RD
+ns.ripe.net      174.855     160.949     187.458     10.099      %0       289     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
-4.2.2.1          104.380     102.449     106.588     2.083       %0       QR RD RA
+4.2.2.1          172.798     163.892     189.918     7.823       %0       287     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
-4.2.2.2          131.056     99.143      193.711     54.264      %0       QR RD RA
+4.2.2.2          178.594     169.158     184.696     5.067       %0       285     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
-4.2.2.3          98.956      97.463      100.310     1.429       %0       QR RD RA
+4.2.2.3          153.574     138.509     173.439     12.015      %0       284     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
-4.2.2.4          223.173     97.418      463.728     208.398     %0       QR RD RA
+4.2.2.4          153.182     141.023     162.323     6.700       %0       282     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
-4.2.2.5          104.290     97.264      117.878     11.770      %0       QR RD RA
+4.2.2.5          154.840     141.557     163.889     7.195       %0       281     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
+209.244.0.3      156.270     147.320     161.365     3.958       %0       279     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
+209.244.0.4      159.329     151.283     163.726     3.958       %0       278     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
+195.46.39.39     171.098     163.612     181.147     5.067       %0       276     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
+195.46.39.40     175.335     160.920     185.618     8.726       %0       274     QR -- -- RD RA -- --
 ```
 
 ### Author
@@ -125,7 +119,7 @@ ns.ripe.net      118.911     114.874     123.389     4.275       %0       QR AA
 Babak Farrokhi 
 
 - twitter: [@farrokhi](https://twitter.com/farrokhi)
-- github: [/farrokhi](https://github.com/farrokhi/)
+- github: [github.com/farrokhi](https://github.com/farrokhi/)
 - website: [farrokhi.net](https://farrokhi.net/)
 
 
@@ -133,8 +127,4 @@ Babak Farrokhi
 
 dnsdiag is released under a 2 clause BSD license.
 
-### Credits
+[![FOSSA Status](https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Ffarrokhi%2Fdnsdiag.svg?type=large)](https://app.fossa.io/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Ffarrokhi%2Fdnsdiag?ref=badge_large)
-
-- [@rthalley](https://github.com/rthalley) for invaluable [dnspython](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython) library
-- [@JustinAzoff](https://github.com/JustinAzoff) for [python-cymruwhois](https://github.com/JustinAzoff/python-cymruwhois) library
-- [@bortzmeyer](https://github.com/bortzmeyer) for his feedback and patches

TODO.md

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 # TODO
 
-- implement basic DNS client functionality into dnstraceroute to eliminate need
-  of modified dnspython module
-- add support for python 2.x for the conservatives and faint-hearted ;-)
 - dnsfingerprint.py tool to fingerprint DNS servers

cymruwhois

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a34543335cbef02b1b615e774ce5b6187afb0cc2

dns

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dnspython/dns

dnseval.py

@@ -25,35 +25,61 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 
+import os
+
 import getopt
 import ipaddress
-import os
 import signal
 import socket
 import sys
 import time
+import random
+import string
 from statistics import stdev
 
 import dns.rdatatype
 import dns.resolver
 
-__VERSION__ = 1.4
+__author__ = 'Babak Farrokhi (babak@farrokhi.net)'
-__PROGNAME__ = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+__license__ = 'BSD'
+__version__ = "1.6.4"
+__progname__ = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
 shutdown = False
 
 resolvers = dns.resolver.get_default_resolver().nameservers
 
 
+class Colors(object):
+    N = '\033[m'  # native
+    R = '\033[31m'  # red
+    G = '\033[32m'  # green
+    O = '\033[33m'  # orange
+    B = '\033[34m'  # blue
+
+    def __init__(self, mode):
+        if not mode:
+            self.N = ''
+            self.R = ''
+            self.G = ''
+            self.O = ''
+            self.B = ''
+
+
 def usage():
-    print("""%s version %1.1f
+    print("""%s version %s
 
 usage: %s [-h] [-f server-list] [-c count] [-t type] [-w wait] hostname
-  -h  --help      show this help
+  -h  --help        Show this help
-  -f  --file      dns server list to use (default: system resolvers)
+  -f  --file        DNS server list to use (default: system resolvers)
-  -c  --count     number of requests to send (default: 10)
+  -c  --count       Number of requests to send (default: 10)
-  -w  --wait      maximum wait time for a reply (default: 5)
+  -m  --cache-miss  Force cache miss measurement by prepending a random hostname
-  -t  --type      DNS request record type (default: A)
+  -w  --wait        Maximum wait time for a reply (default: 2)
-""" % (__PROGNAME__, __VERSION__, __PROGNAME__))
+  -t  --type        DNS request record type (default: A)
+  -T  --tcp         Use TCP instead of UDP
+  -e  --edns        Disable EDNS0 (Default: Enabled)
+  -C  --color       Print colorful output
+  -v  --verbose     Print actual dns response
+""" % (__progname__, __version__, __progname__))
     sys.exit()
 
 
@@ -114,15 +140,23 @@ def flags_to_text(flags):
     return ' '.join(text_flags)
 
 
-def dnsping(host, server, dnsrecord, timeout, count):
+def random_string(min_length=5, max_length=10):
+    char_set = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
+    length = random.randint(min_length, max_length)
+    return ''.join(map(lambda unused: random.choice(char_set), range(length)))
+
+
+def dnsping(host, server, dnsrecord, timeout, count, use_tcp=False, use_edns=False, force_miss=False):
     resolver = dns.resolver.Resolver()
     resolver.nameservers = [server]
     resolver.timeout = timeout
     resolver.lifetime = timeout
     resolver.retry_servfail = 0
     flags = 0
+    ttl = None
     answers = None
-    resolver.use_edns(edns=True, payload=0, ednsflags=8)
+    if use_edns:
+        resolver.use_edns(edns=0, payload=8192, ednsflags=dns.flags.edns_from_text('DO'))
 
     response_times = []
     i = 0
@@ -131,15 +165,26 @@ def dnsping(host, server, dnsrecord, timeout, count):
         if shutdown:  # user pressed CTRL+C
             break
         try:
-            stime = time.time()
+            if force_miss:
-            answers = resolver.query(host, dnsrecord)  # todo: response validation in future
+                fqdn = "_dnsdiag_%s_.%s" % (random_string(), host)
-            etime = time.time()
+            else:
+                fqdn = host
+
+            stime = time.perf_counter()
+            answers = resolver.query(fqdn, dnsrecord, tcp=use_tcp,
+                                     raise_on_no_answer=False)  # todo: response validation in future
+
         except (dns.resolver.NoNameservers, dns.resolver.NoAnswer):
             break
         except dns.resolver.Timeout:
             pass
+        except dns.resolver.NXDOMAIN:
+            etime = time.perf_counter()
+            if force_miss:
+                elapsed = (etime - stime) * 1000  # convert to milliseconds
+                response_times.append(elapsed)
         else:
-            elapsed = (etime - stime) * 1000  # convert to milliseconds
+            elapsed = answers.response.time * 1000  # convert to milliseconds
             response_times.append(elapsed)
 
     r_sent = i + 1
@@ -160,10 +205,12 @@ def dnsping(host, server, dnsrecord, timeout, count):
         r_avg = 0
         r_stddev = 0
 
-    if answers:
+    if answers is not None:
         flags = answers.response.flags
+        if len(answers.response.answer) > 0:
+            ttl = answers.response.answer[0].ttl
 
-    return server, r_avg, r_min, r_max, r_stddev, r_lost_percent, flags
+    return server, r_avg, r_min, r_max, r_stddev, r_lost_percent, flags, ttl, answers
 
 
 def main():
@@ -179,14 +226,20 @@ def main():
     # defaults
     dnsrecord = 'A'
     count = 10
-    waittime = 5
+    waittime = 2
     inputfilename = None
     fromfile = False
+    use_tcp = False
+    use_edns = True
+    force_miss = False
+    verbose = False
+    color_mode = False
     hostname = 'wikipedia.org'
 
     try:
-        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "hf:c:t:w:",
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "hf:c:t:w:TevCm",
-                                   ["help", "file=", "count=", "type=", "wait="])
+                                   ["help", "file=", "count=", "type=", "wait=", "tcp", "edns", "verbose", "color",
+                                    "force-miss"])
     except getopt.GetoptError as err:
         print(err)
         usage()
@@ -206,26 +259,49 @@ def main():
             fromfile = True
         elif o in ("-w", "--wait"):
             waittime = int(a)
+        elif o in ("-m", "--cache-miss"):
+            force_miss = True
         elif o in ("-t", "--type"):
             dnsrecord = a
+        elif o in ("-T", "--tcp"):
+            use_tcp = True
+        elif o in ("-e", "--edns"):
+            use_edns = False
+        elif o in ("-C", "--color"):
+            color_mode = True
+        elif o in ("-v", "--verbose"):
+            verbose = True
         else:
             print("Invalid option: %s" % o)
             usage()
 
+    color = Colors(color_mode)
+
     try:
         if fromfile:
-            with open(inputfilename, 'rt') as flist:
+            if inputfilename == '-':
-                f = flist.read().splitlines()
+                # read from stdin
+                with sys.stdin as flist:
+                    f = flist.read().splitlines()
+            else:
+                try:
+                    with open(inputfilename, 'rt') as flist:
+                        f = flist.read().splitlines()
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(e)
+                    sys.exit(1)
         else:
             f = resolvers
         if len(f) == 0:
             print("No nameserver specified")
 
-        f = [name.strip() for name in f]
+        f = [name.strip() for name in f]  # remove annoying blanks
+        f = [x for x in f if not x.startswith('#') and len(x)]  # remove comments and empty entries
+
         width = maxlen(f)
         blanks = (width - 5) * ' '
-        print('server ', blanks, ' avg(ms)     min(ms)     max(ms)     stddev(ms)  lost(%)    flags')
+        print('server ', blanks, ' avg(ms)     min(ms)     max(ms)     stddev(ms)  lost(%)  ttl        flags')
-        print((84 + width) * '-')
+        print((93 + width) * '-')
         for server in f:
             # check if we have a valid dns server address
             if server.lstrip() == '':  # deal with empty lines
@@ -235,27 +311,59 @@ def main():
                 ipaddress.ip_address(server)
             except ValueError:  # so it is not a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address, so try to resolve host name
                 try:
-                    s = socket.getaddrinfo(server, port=None)[1][4][0]
+                    resolver = socket.getaddrinfo(server, port=None)[1][4][0]
                 except OSError:
                     print('Error: cannot resolve hostname:', server)
-                    s = None
+                    resolver = None
                 except:
                     pass
             else:
-                s = server
+                resolver = server
 
-            if not s:
+            if not resolver:
                 continue
-            (s, r_avg, r_min, r_max, r_stddev, r_lost_percent, flags) = dnsping(hostname, s, dnsrecord, waittime,
-                                                                                count)
 
-            s = server.ljust(width + 1)
+            try:
+                (resolver, r_avg, r_min, r_max, r_stddev, r_lost_percent, flags, ttl, answers) = dnsping(
+                    hostname,
+                    resolver,
+                    dnsrecord,
+                    waittime,
+                    count,
+                    use_tcp=use_tcp,
+                    use_edns=use_edns,
+                    force_miss=force_miss
+                )
+            except dns.resolver.NXDOMAIN:
+                print('%-15s  NXDOMAIN' % server)
+                continue
+            except Exception as e:
+                print('%s: %s' % (server, e))
+                continue
+
+            resolver = server.ljust(width + 1)
             text_flags = flags_to_text(flags)
-            print("%s    %-8.3f    %-8.3f    %-8.3f    %-8.3f    %%%-3d  %25s" % (
+
-                s, r_avg, r_min, r_max, r_stddev, r_lost_percent, text_flags), flush=True)
+            s_ttl = str(ttl)
+            if s_ttl == "None":
+                s_ttl = "N/A"
+
+            if r_lost_percent > 0:
+                l_color = color.O
+            else:
+                l_color = color.N
+            print("%s    %-8.3f    %-8.3f    %-8.3f    %-8.3f    %s%%%-3d%s     %-8s  %21s" % (
+                resolver, r_avg, r_min, r_max, r_stddev, l_color, r_lost_percent, color.N, s_ttl, text_flags),
+                  flush=True)
+            if verbose and hasattr(answers, 'response'):
+                ans_index = 1
+                for answer in answers.response.answer:
+                    print("Answer %d [ %s%s%s ]" % (ans_index, color.G, answer, color.N))
+                    ans_index += 1
+                print("")
 
     except Exception as e:
-        print('error: %s' % e)
+        print('%s: %s' % (server, e))
         sys.exit(1)
 
 

dnsping.py

@@ -38,14 +38,16 @@ import dns.flags
 import dns.rdatatype
 import dns.resolver
 
-__VERSION__ = 1.4
+__author__ = 'Babak Farrokhi (babak@farrokhi.net)'
-__PROGNAME__ = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+__license__ = 'BSD'
+__version__ = "1.6.4"
+__progname__ = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
 shutdown = False
 
 
 def usage():
-    print("""%s version %1.1f
+    print("""%s version %s
-usage: %s [-h] [-q] [-v] [-s server] [-p port] [-P port] [-S address] [-c count] [-t type] [-w wait] hostname
+usage: %s [-ehqv] [-s server] [-p port] [-P port] [-S address] [-c count] [-t type] [-w wait] hostname
   -h  --help      Show this help
   -q  --quiet     Quiet
   -v  --verbose   Print actual dns response
@@ -56,10 +58,12 @@ usage: %s [-h] [-q] [-v] [-s server] [-p port] [-P port] [-S address] [-c count]
   -6  --ipv6      Use IPv6 as default network protocol
   -P  --srcport   Query source port number (default: 0)
   -S  --srcip     Query source IP address (default: default interface address)
-  -c  --count     Number of requests to send (default: 10)
+  -c  --count     Number of requests to send (default: 10, 0 for infinity)
-  -w  --wait      Maximum wait time for a reply (default: 5)
+  -w  --wait      Maximum wait time for a reply (default: 2 seconds)
+  -i  --interval  Time between each request (default: 1 seconds)
   -t  --type      DNS request record type (default: A)
-""" % (__PROGNAME__, __VERSION__, __PROGNAME__))
+  -e  --edns      Disable EDNS0 (default: Enabled)
+""" % (__progname__, __version__, __progname__))
     sys.exit(0)
 
 
@@ -83,7 +87,8 @@ def main():
     # defaults
     dnsrecord = 'A'
     count = 10
-    timeout = 5
+    timeout = 2
+    interval = 1
     quiet = False
     verbose = False
     dnsserver = dns.resolver.get_default_resolver().nameservers[0]
@@ -91,16 +96,17 @@ def main():
     src_port = 0
     src_ip = None
     use_tcp = False
+    use_edns = True
     af = socket.AF_INET
     hostname = 'wikipedia.org'
 
     try:
-        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "qhc:s:t:w:vp:P:S:T46",
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "qhc:s:t:w:i:vp:P:S:T46e",
-                                   ["help", "count=", "server=", "quiet", "type=", "wait=", "verbose",
+                                   ["help", "count=", "server=", "quiet", "type=", "wait=", "interval=", "verbose",
-                                    "port=", "srcip=", "tcp", "ipv4", "ipv6", "srcport="])
+                                    "port=", "srcip=", "tcp", "ipv4", "ipv6", "srcport=", "edns"])
     except getopt.GetoptError as err:
         # print help information and exit:
-        print(err)  # will print something like "option -a not recognized"
+        print(err, file=sys.stderr)  # will print something like "option -a not recognized"
         usage()
 
     if args and len(args) == 1:
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ def main():
         if o in ("-h", "--help"):
             usage()
         elif o in ("-c", "--count"):
-            count = int(a)
+            count = abs(int(a))
         elif o in ("-v", "--verbose"):
             verbose = True
         elif o in ("-s", "--server"):
@@ -124,6 +130,8 @@ def main():
             verbose = False
         elif o in ("-w", "--wait"):
             timeout = int(a)
+        elif o in ("-i", "--interval"):
+            interval = int(a)
         elif o in ("-t", "--type"):
             dnsrecord = a
         elif o in ("-T", "--tcp"):
@@ -132,10 +140,12 @@ def main():
             af = socket.AF_INET
         elif o in ("-6", "--ipv6"):
             af = socket.AF_INET6
+        elif o in ("-e", "--edns"):
+            use_edns = False
         elif o in ("-P", "--srcport"):
             src_port = int(a)
             if src_port < 1024:
-                print("WARNING: Source ports below 1024 are only available to superuser")
+                print("WARNING: Source ports below 1024 are only available to superuser", flush=True)
         elif o in ("-S", "--srcip"):
             src_ip = a
         else:
@@ -148,7 +158,7 @@ def main():
         try:
             dnsserver = socket.getaddrinfo(dnsserver, port=None, family=af)[1][4][0]
         except OSError:
-            print('Error: cannot resolve hostname:', dnsserver)
+            print('Error: cannot resolve hostname:', dnsserver, file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
             sys.exit(1)
 
     resolver = dns.resolver.Resolver()
@@ -158,49 +168,61 @@ def main():
     resolver.port = dst_port
     resolver.retry_servfail = 0
 
+    if use_edns:
+        resolver.use_edns(edns=0, payload=8192, ednsflags=dns.flags.edns_from_text('DO'))
+
     response_time = []
     i = 0
 
-    print("%s DNS: %s:%d, hostname: %s, rdatatype: %s" % (__PROGNAME__, dnsserver, dst_port, hostname, dnsrecord))
+    print("%s DNS: %s:%d, hostname: %s, rdatatype: %s" % (__progname__, dnsserver, dst_port, hostname, dnsrecord),
+          flush=True)
 
-    for i in range(count):
+    while not shutdown:
-        if shutdown:
+
+        if 0 < count <= i:
             break
+        else:
+            i += 1
+
         try:
-            stime = time.time()
+            stime = time.perf_counter()
             answers = resolver.query(hostname, dnsrecord, source_port=src_port, source=src_ip, tcp=use_tcp,
                                      raise_on_no_answer=False)
-            etime = time.time()
+            etime = time.perf_counter()
         except dns.resolver.NoNameservers as e:
             if not quiet:
-                print("No response to dns request")
+                print("No response to dns request", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
                 if verbose:
-                    print("error:", e)
+                    print("error:", e, file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
             sys.exit(1)
         except dns.resolver.NXDOMAIN as e:
             if not quiet:
-                print("Hostname does not exist")
+                print("Hostname does not exist", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
             if verbose:
-                print("Error:", e)
+                print("Error:", e, file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
             sys.exit(1)
         except dns.resolver.Timeout:
             if not quiet:
-                print("Request timeout")
+                print("Request timeout", flush=True)
             pass
         except dns.resolver.NoAnswer:
             if not quiet:
-                print("No answer")
+                print("No answer", flush=True)
             pass
         else:
-            elapsed = (etime - stime) * 1000  # convert to milliseconds
+            elapsed = answers.response.time * 1000  # convert to milliseconds
             response_time.append(elapsed)
             if not quiet:
                 print(
-                    "%d bytes from %s: seq=%-3d time=%3.3f ms" % (
+                    "%d bytes from %s: seq=%-3d time=%.3f ms" % (
-                        len(str(answers.rrset)), dnsserver, i, elapsed))
+                        len(str(answers.rrset)), dnsserver, i, elapsed), flush=True)
             if verbose:
-                print(answers.rrset)
+                print(answers.rrset, flush=True)
-                print("flags:", dns.flags.to_text(answers.response.flags))
+                print("flags:", dns.flags.to_text(answers.response.flags), flush=True)
+
+            time_to_next = (stime + interval) - etime
+            if time_to_next > 0:
+                time.sleep(time_to_next)
 
     r_sent = i + 1
     r_received = len(response_time)
@@ -220,9 +242,10 @@ def main():
         r_avg = 0
         r_stddev = 0
 
-    print('\n--- %s dnsping statistics ---' % dnsserver)
+    print('\n--- %s dnsping statistics ---' % dnsserver, flush=True)
-    print('%d requests transmitted, %d responses received, %3.0f%% lost' % (r_sent, r_received, r_lost_percent))
+    print('%d requests transmitted, %d responses received, %.0f%% lost' % (r_sent, r_received, r_lost_percent),
-    print('min=%3.3f ms, avg=%3.3f ms, max=%3.3f ms, stddev=%3.3f ms' % (r_min, r_avg, r_max, r_stddev))
+          flush=True)
+    print('min=%.3f ms, avg=%.3f ms, max=%.3f ms, stddev=%.3f ms' % (r_min, r_avg, r_max, r_stddev), flush=True)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

dnspython

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a55e23fbc4b960ca7f88342a89404fc07293096c

dnstraceroute.py

@@ -39,13 +39,20 @@ import dns.query
 import dns.rdatatype
 import dns.resolver
 
-from cymruwhois import cymruwhois
+import cymruwhois
 
+# Global Variables
 __author__ = 'Babak Farrokhi (babak@farrokhi.net)'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
-__version__ = 1.4
+__version__ = "1.6.4"
 _ttl = None
 quiet = False
+whois_cache = {}
+shutdown = False
+
+# Constants
+__progname__ = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+WHOIS_CACHE = 'whois.cache'
 
 
 class CustomSocket(socket.socket):
@@ -64,11 +71,6 @@ def test_import():
     pass
 
 
-# Constants
-__PROGNAME__ = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
-WHOIS_CACHE = 'whois.cache'
-
-
 class Colors(object):
     N = '\033[m'  # native
     R = '\033[31m'  # red
@@ -85,50 +87,58 @@ class Colors(object):
             self.B = ''
 
 
-# Globarl Variables
+def whois_lookup(ip):
-shutdown = False
-
-
-def whoisrecord(ip):
     try:
+        global whois_cache
         currenttime = time.time()
         ts = currenttime
-        if ip in whois:
+        if ip in whois_cache:
-            asn, ts = whois[ip]
+            asn, ts = whois_cache[ip]
         else:
             ts = 0
         if (currenttime - ts) > 36000:
             c = cymruwhois.Client()
             asn = c.lookup(ip)
-            whois[ip] = (asn, currenttime)
+            whois_cache[ip] = (asn, currenttime)
         return asn
     except Exception as e:
         return e
 
 
-try:
+def load_whois_cache(cachefile):
-    pkl_file = open(WHOIS_CACHE, 'rb')
     try:
-        whois = pickle.load(pkl_file)
+        pkl_file = open(cachefile, 'rb')
-    except EOFError:
+        try:
+            whois = pickle.load(pkl_file)
+            pkl_file.close()
+        except Exception:
+            whois = {}
+    except IOError:
         whois = {}
-except IOError:
+    return whois
-    whois = {}
+
+
+def save_whois_cache(cachefile, whois_data):
+    pkl_file = open(cachefile, 'wb')
+    pickle.dump(whois_data, pkl_file)
+    pkl_file.close()
 
 
 def usage():
-    print('%s version %1.1f\n' % (__PROGNAME__, __version__))
+    print('%s version %s\n' % (__progname__, __version__))
-    print('usage: %s [-h] [-q] [-a] [-s server] [-p port] [-c count] [-t type] [-w wait] hostname' % __PROGNAME__)
+    print('usage: %s [-aeqhCx] [-s server] [-p port] [-c count] [-t type] [-w wait]  hostname' % __progname__)
     print('  -h  --help      Show this help')
     print('  -q  --quiet     Quiet')
-    print('  -e  --expert    Print expert hints if available')
+    print('  -x  --expert    Print expert hints if available')
     print('  -a  --asn       Turn on AS# lookups for each hop encountered')
     print('  -s  --server    DNS server to use (default: first system resolver)')
     print('  -p  --port      DNS server port number (default: 53)')
+    print('  -S  --srcip     Query source IP address (default: default interface address)')
     print('  -c  --count     Maximum number of hops (default: 30)')
-    print('  -w  --wait      Maximum wait time for a reply (default: 5)')
+    print('  -w  --wait      Maximum wait time for a reply (default: 2)')
     print('  -t  --type      DNS request record type (default: A)')
     print('  -C  --color     Print colorful output')
+    print('  -e  --edns      Disable EDNS0 (Default: Enabled)')
     print('  ')
     sys.exit()
 
@@ -147,6 +157,7 @@ def expert_report(trace_path, color_mode):
         print(" [*] empty trace - should not happen")
         return
 
+    private_network_radius = 4  # number of hops we assume we are still inside our local network
     prev_hop = None
     if len(trace_path) > 1:
         prev_hop = trace_path[-2]
@@ -156,15 +167,15 @@ def expert_report(trace_path, color_mode):
             " %s[*]%s path too short (possible DNS hijacking, unless it is a local DNS resolver)" % (color.R, color.N))
         return
 
-    if prev_hop == '*':
+    if prev_hop == '*' and len(trace_path) > private_network_radius:
         print(" %s[*]%s public DNS server is next to an invisible hop (probably a firewall)" % (color.R, color.N))
         return
 
-    if prev_hop and ipaddress.ip_address(prev_hop).is_private:
+    if prev_hop and len(trace_path) > private_network_radius and ipaddress.ip_address(prev_hop).is_private:
         print(" %s[*]%s public DNS server is next to a private IP address (possible hijacking)" % (color.R, color.N))
         return
 
-    if prev_hop and ipaddress.ip_address(prev_hop).is_reserved:
+    if prev_hop and len(trace_path) > private_network_radius and ipaddress.ip_address(prev_hop).is_reserved:
         print(" %s[*]%s public DNS server is next to a reserved IP address (possible hijacking)" % (color.R, color.N))
         return
 
@@ -172,16 +183,18 @@ def expert_report(trace_path, color_mode):
     print(" %s[*]%s No expert hint available for this trace" % (color.G, color.N))
 
 
-def ping(resolver, hostname, dnsrecord, ttl):
+def ping(resolver, hostname, dnsrecord, ttl, src_ip, use_edns=False):
     global _ttl
 
     reached = False
 
     dns.query.socket_factory = CustomSocket
     _ttl = ttl
+    if use_edns:
+        resolver.use_edns(edns=0, payload=8192, ednsflags=dns.flags.edns_from_text('DO'))
 
     try:
-        resolver.query(hostname, dnsrecord)
+        resolver.query(hostname, dnsrecord, source=src_ip, raise_on_no_answer=False)
 
     except dns.resolver.NoNameservers as e:
         if not quiet:
@@ -199,8 +212,8 @@ def ping(resolver, hostname, dnsrecord, ttl):
         pass
     except SystemExit:
         pass
-    except:
+    except Exception as e:
-        print("unxpected error: ", sys.exc_info()[0])
+        print("unxpected error: ", e)
         sys.exit(1)
     else:
         reached = True
@@ -222,19 +235,21 @@ def main():
 
     dnsrecord = 'A'
     count = 30
-    timeout = 1
+    timeout = 2
     dnsserver = dns.resolver.get_default_resolver().nameservers[0]
     dest_port = 53
+    src_ip = None
     hops = 0
     as_lookup = False
     expert_mode = False
     should_resolve = True
+    use_edns = True
     color_mode = False
 
     try:
-        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "aqhc:s:t:w:p:neC",
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "aqhc:s:S:t:w:p:nexC",
                                    ["help", "count=", "server=", "quiet", "type=", "wait=", "asn", "port", "expert",
-                                    "color"])
+                                    "color", "srcip="])
     except getopt.GetoptError as err:
         # print help information and exit:
         print(err)  # will print something like "option -a not recognized"
@@ -250,12 +265,14 @@ def main():
             usage()
         elif o in ("-c", "--count"):
             count = int(a)
-        elif o in ("-e", "--expert"):
+        elif o in ("-x", "--expert"):
             expert_mode = True
         elif o in ("-s", "--server"):
             dnsserver = a
         elif o in ("-q", "--quiet"):
             quiet = True
+        elif o in ("-S", "--srcip"):
+            src_ip = a
         elif o in ("-w", "--wait"):
             timeout = int(a)
         elif o in ("-t", "--type"):
@@ -268,14 +285,27 @@ def main():
             should_resolve = False
         elif o in ("-a", "--asn"):
             as_lookup = True
+        elif o in ("-e", "--edns"):
+            use_edns = False
         else:
             usage()
 
     color = Colors(color_mode)
 
+    # check if we have a valid dns server address
+    try:
+        ipaddress.ip_address(dnsserver)
+    except ValueError:  # so it is not a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address, so try to resolve host name
+        try:
+            dnsserver = socket.getaddrinfo(dnsserver, port=None, family=socket.AF_INET)[1][4][0]
+        except OSError:
+            print('Error: cannot resolve hostname:', dnsserver)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
     resolver = dns.resolver.Resolver()
     resolver.nameservers = [dnsserver]
     resolver.timeout = timeout
+    resolver.port = dest_port
     resolver.lifetime = timeout
     resolver.retry_servfail = 0
 
@@ -286,7 +316,8 @@ def main():
     trace_path = []
 
     if not quiet:
-        print("%s DNS: %s:%d, hostname: %s, rdatatype: %s" % (__PROGNAME__, dnsserver, dest_port, hostname, dnsrecord))
+        print("%s DNS: %s:%d, hostname: %s, rdatatype: %s" % (__progname__, dnsserver, dest_port, hostname, dnsrecord),
+              flush=True)
 
     while True:
         if shutdown:
@@ -310,26 +341,26 @@ def main():
         curr_host = None
 
         with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as pool:  # dispatch dns lookup to another thread
-            stime = time.time()
+            stime = time.perf_counter()
-            thr = pool.submit(ping, resolver, hostname, dnsrecord, ttl)
+            thr = pool.submit(ping, resolver, hostname, dnsrecord, ttl, src_ip=src_ip, use_edns=use_edns)
 
             try:  # expect ICMP response
                 _, curr_addr = icmp_socket.recvfrom(512)
                 curr_addr = curr_addr[0]
             except socket.error:
-                etime = time.time()
+                etime = time.perf_counter()
                 pass
             finally:
-                etime = time.time()
+                etime = time.perf_counter()
                 icmp_socket.close()
 
         reached = thr.result()
 
         if reached:
             curr_addr = dnsserver
-            stime = time.time()  # need to recalculate elapsed time for last hop without waiting for an icmp error reply
+            stime = time.perf_counter()  # need to recalculate elapsed time for last hop asynchronously
-            ping(resolver, hostname, dnsrecord, ttl)
+            ping(resolver, hostname, dnsrecord, ttl, src_ip=src_ip, use_edns=use_edns)
-            etime = time.time()
+            etime = time.perf_counter()
 
         elapsed = abs(etime - stime) * 1000  # convert to milliseconds
 
@@ -349,11 +380,11 @@ def main():
         if curr_addr:
             as_name = ""
             if as_lookup:
-                asn = whoisrecord(curr_addr)
+                asn = whois_lookup(curr_addr)
                 as_name = ''
                 try:
                     if asn and asn.asn != "NA":
-                        as_name = "[%s %s] " % (asn.asn, asn.owner)
+                        as_name = "[AS%s %s] " % (asn.asn, asn.owner)
                 except AttributeError:
                     if shutdown:
                         sys.exit(0)
@@ -361,15 +392,18 @@ def main():
 
             c = color.N  # default
             if curr_addr != '*':
-                IP = ipaddress.ip_address(curr_addr)
+                try:
-                if IP.is_private:
+                    IP = ipaddress.ip_address(curr_addr)
-                    c = color.R
+                    if IP.is_private:
-                if IP.is_reserved:
+                        c = color.R
-                    c = color.B
+                    if IP.is_reserved:
-                if curr_addr == dnsserver:
+                        c = color.B
-                    c = color.G
+                    if curr_addr == dnsserver:
+                        c = color.G
+                except:
+                    pass
 
-            print("%d\t%s (%s%s%s) %s%d ms" % (ttl, curr_name, c, curr_addr, color.N, as_name, elapsed), flush=True)
+            print("%d\t%s (%s%s%s) %s%.3f ms" % (ttl, curr_name, c, curr_addr, color.N, as_name, elapsed), flush=True)
             trace_path.append(curr_addr)
         else:
             print("%d\t *" % ttl, flush=True)
@@ -386,7 +420,7 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     try:
+        whois_cache = load_whois_cache(WHOIS_CACHE)
         main()
     finally:
-        pkl_file = open(WHOIS_CACHE, 'wb')
+        save_whois_cache(WHOIS_CACHE, whois_cache)
-        pickle.dump(whois, pkl_file)

public-servers.txt

@@ -1,14 +1,42 @@
-8.8.8.8
+#Cloudflare
-8.8.4.4
+1.0.0.1
-2001:4860:4860::8888
+1.1.1.1
-2001:4860:4860::8844
+2606:4700:4700::1001
+2606:4700:4700::1111
+
+#SafeDNS
+195.46.39.39
+195.46.39.40
+
+#OpenDNS
+208.67.220.220
+208.67.222.222
+2620:0:ccc::2
+2620:0:ccd::2
+
+#DYN DNS
+216.146.35.35
+216.146.36.36
+
+#Level3
+209.244.0.3
+209.244.0.4
 4.2.2.1
 4.2.2.2
 4.2.2.3
 4.2.2.4
 4.2.2.5
-209.244.0.3
-209.244.0.4
-195.46.39.39
-195.46.39.40
 
+#freenom world
+80.80.80.80
+80.80.81.81
+#Google
+8.8.4.4
+8.8.8.8
+2001:4860:4860::8844
+2001:4860:4860::8888
+
+#PCH's Quad9
+9.9.9.9
+2620:fe::fe
+149.112.112.112

public-v4.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#Cloudflare
+1.0.0.1
+1.1.1.1
+
+#SafeDNS
+195.46.39.39
+195.46.39.40
+
+#OpenDNS
+208.67.220.220
+208.67.222.222
+
+#DYN DNS
+216.146.35.35
+216.146.36.36
+
+#Level3
+209.244.0.3
+209.244.0.4
+4.2.2.1
+4.2.2.2
+4.2.2.3
+4.2.2.4
+4.2.2.5
+
+#freenom world
+80.80.80.80
+80.80.81.81
+
+#Google
+8.8.4.4
+8.8.8.8
+
+#PCH's Quad9
+9.9.9.9
+149.112.112.112

requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dnspython>=1.15.0
+cymruwhois>=1.6

rootservers.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+a.root-servers.net
+b.root-servers.net
+c.root-servers.net
+d.root-servers.net
+e.root-servers.net
+f.root-servers.net
+g.root-servers.net
+h.root-servers.net
+i.root-servers.net
+j.root-servers.net
+k.root-servers.net
+l.root-servers.net
+m.root-servers.net

setup.py

@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name="dnsdiag",
-    version="1.3.5",
+    version="1.6.4",
     packages=find_packages(),
+    scripts=["dnseval.py", "dnsping.py", "dnstraceroute.py"],
+    install_requires=['dnspython>=1.15.0', 'cymruwhois>=1.6'],
+
     classifiers=[
         "Topic :: System :: Networking",
         "Environment :: Console",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
         "Topic :: Internet :: Name Service (DNS)",
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
@@ -25,7 +33,7 @@ you can measure your DNS response quality from delay and loss perspective
 as well as tracing the path your DNS query takes to get to DNS server.
 """,
     license="BSD",
-    keywords="dns traceroute ping",
+    keywords="dns traceroute ping performance",
     url="https://dnsdiag.org/",
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [