dosev 1.7.3

Multi‑protocol DNS resolver with full server and config support

dosev – Multi‑Protocol DNS Resolver & Server

dosev is a high‑performance, asynchronous DNS resolver and forwarding server that speaks all major DNS protocols – both as a client and as a server.

• Client protocols: DNS over UDP, TCP, TLS (DoT), HTTPS (DoH – HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3), and QUIC (DoQ).
• Server protocols: UDP, TCP, TLS (DoT), HTTPS (DoH – HTTP/2 and HTTP/3).
• Features: EDNS0 (including Client Subnet), DNSSEC validation with automatic trust anchor updates, negative caching, optimistic caching (serve‑stale), blocklists, hosts overrides, upstream failover, rate limiting, rebinding protection, Prometheus metrics, and more.

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🚀 Quick Start

# Install via pip
pip install dosev

# On first run, a default configuration file is created in the OS‑specific user config directory:
#   Linux:   ~/.config/dosev/dosev.conf
#   macOS:   ~/Library/Application Support/dosev/dosev.conf
#   Windows: %APPDATA%\dosev\dosev.conf
# Edit it to your needs, then start the server:
dosev

For detailed instructions, see the Quick Start Guide.

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✨ Features

Feature	Description
Multi‑protocol client	Forward queries via UDP, TCP, TLS, HTTPS (HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3), and QUIC.
Multi‑protocol server	Listen on UDP, TCP, TLS, and HTTPS (HTTP/2 & HTTP/3).
DNSSEC validation	Validate responses with a built‑in root trust anchor (auto‑updated from IANA).
Caching	Positive and negative caching with configurable TTLs; optimistic caching (serve‑stale).
Blocklists	Filter domains using local files or remote lists (automatically refreshed).
Hosts overrides	Custom A/AAAA records for local name resolution.
EDNS0 & Client Subnet	Pass client subnet to upstreams for geo‑optimised responses.
Upstream selection	Multiple strategies: failover (try in order), parallel (query all, return first success), random, roundrobin.
Rate limiting	Token‑bucket limiter per client IP.
Rebinding protection	Strip or block private IP addresses from responses.
Metrics	Prometheus‑compatible metrics (requests, errors, latency).
Privilege dropping	Drop root privileges after binding to privileged ports.
Cross‑platform	Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Configuration	Single INI file; auto‑generated with comments on first run.

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📖 Documentation

• Quick Start – get up and running in minutes.
• Configuration Reference – all available options explained.
• Deployment Tips – systemd and production tuning.
• Architecture – internal design and data flow.

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🔧 Configuration Example

#
# dosev configuration file
# Paths can be absolute or relative to the directory where dosev is started.
#

[server]
listen_ip = 0.0.0.0
listen_port = 53

[resolver]
verbose = false
disable_ipv6 = false
dns_ecs_enabled = true
dns_max_payload = 4096

[upstreams]
# List your upstreams here. Each upstream is defined in its own section.
servers = cloudflare,google

[upstreams.cloudflare]
address = 1.1.1.1
protocol = udp
ip = 1.1.1.1          # optional fixed IP to skip resolution

[upstreams.google]
address = dns.google
protocol = https
port = 443
hostname = dns.google
doh_version = auto
# no 'ip' – will be resolved via bootstrap DNS

[bootstrap]
servers = 1.1.1.1:53,8.8.8.8:53

[security]
dnssec_enabled = true
auto_update_trust_anchor = true

[blocklists]
enabled = true
urls = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
action = NXDOMAIN

See the full configuration reference for all options.

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🧪 Running Tests

pip install dosev[test]
pytest --cov=dosev --cov-report=term-missing

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📄 License

MIT © 2026 Mohammad Amin Kiani

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🙏 Acknowledgements

• dnspython – DNS message handling.
• aiohttp – HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 support.
• aioquic – HTTP/3 and QUIC support.
• Prometheus – metrics.