sdns

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SDNS

💫 Lightweight, fast recursive dns server with dnssec support

Based on kenshinx/godns, looterz/grimd

Installation

go get github.com/semihalev/sdns

or

download

or run with Docker image

docker run -d --name sdns -p 53:53 -p 53:53/udp -p 853:853 -p 8053:8053 -p 8080:8080 sdns

• Port 53 DNS server
• Port 853 DNS-over-TLS server
• Port 8053 DNS-over-HTTPS server
• Port 8080 HTTP API

Building

$ go build

Testing

$ make test

Flags

Flag	Desc
config	Location of the config file, if not found it will be generated

Configs

Key	Desc
version	Config version
blocklists	List of remote blocklists
blocklistdir	List of locations to recursively read blocklists from (warning, every file found is assumed to be a hosts-file or domain list)
loglevel	What kind of information should be logged, Log verbosity level crit,error,warn,info,debug
bind	Address to bind to for the DNS server. Default :53
bindtls	Address to bind to for the DNS-over-TLS server. Default :853
binddoh	Address to bind to for the DNS-over-HTTPS server. Default :8053
tlscertificate	TLS certificate file path
tlsprivatekey	TLS private key file path
outboundips	Outbound ip addresses, if you set multiple, sdns can use random outbound ip address
rootservers	DNS Root servers
root6servers	DNS Root IPv6 servers
rootkeys	DNS Root keys for dnssec
fallbackservers	Fallback servers IP addresses
api	Address to bind to for the http API server, leave blank to disable
nullroute	IPv4 address to forward blocked queries to
nullroutev6	IPv6 address to forward blocked queries to
accesslist	Which clients allowed to make queries
timeout	Query timeout for dns lookups in duration Default: 5s
connecttimeout	Connect timeout for dns lookups in duration Default: 2s
hostsfile	Enables serving zone data from a hosts file, leave blank to disable
expire	Default cache TTL in seconds Default: 600
cachesize	Cache size (total records in cache) Default: 256000
maxdepth	Maximum recursion depth for nameservers. Default: 30
ratelimit	Query based ratelimit per second, 0 for disable. Default: 0
clientratelimit	Client ip address based ratelimit per minute, 0 for disable. if client support edns cookie no limit. Default: 0
blocklist	Manual blocklist entries
whitelist	Manual whitelist entries

Server Configuration Checklist

• Increase file descriptor on your server

Features

• Linux/BSD/Darwin/Windows supported
• DNS RFC compatibility
• DNS lookups within listed servers
• DNS caching
• DNSSEC validation
• DNS over TLS support
• DNS over HTTPS support
• Middleware Support
• RTT priority within listed servers
• EDNS Cookie Support (client<->server)
• Basic IPv6 support (client<->server)
• Query based ratelimit
• IP based ratelimit
• Access list
• Prometheus basic query metrics
• Black-hole internet advertisements and malware servers
• HTTP API support
• Outbound IP selection

TODO

• More tests
• Try lookup NS address better way
• DNS over TLS support
• DNS over HTTPS support
• Full DNSSEC support
• RTT optimization
• Access list
• Periodic priming queries described at RFC 8109
• Automated Updates DNSSEC Trust Anchors described at RFC 5011
• Full IPv6 support (server<->server communication)

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

Made With

• miekg/dns - Alternative (more granular) approach to a DNS library

License

MIT

Documentation

Overview

A Lightweight fast recursive dns server with dnssec support. https://semihalev.github.io/sdns/ for more information.