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A lightweight yet useful proxy DNS server

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SimpleDNS
=========

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A lightweight yet useful proxy DNS server, inspired by `ChinaDNS <https://github.com/clowwindy/ChinaDNS>`__ , `dnsmasq-chinadns <https://github.com/styx-hy/dnsmasq-chinadns>`__ and `fqdns <https://github.com/fqrouter/fqdns>`__.

Install
-------
::

$ pip install simpledns

Usage
-----

Run ``sudo simpledns`` on your local machine. Then set your DNS server to 127.0.0.1.

::

$ dig www.twitter.com +short
twitter.com.
199.59.149.230
199.59.148.10
199.59.150.7
199.59.150.39

Advanced
--------

::

$ simpledns -h
usage: simpledns [-h] [-b BIND_ADDR] [-p BIND_PORT]
[--upstream-ip UPSTREAM_IP] [--upstream-port UPSTREAM_PORT]
[--query-timeout QUERY_TIMEOUT] [--min-ttl MIN_TTL]
[--max-ttl MAX_TTL] [--cache-size CACHE_SIZE] [-t]
[--hosts-file HOSTS_FILE] [--dispatch-conf DISPATCH_CONF]
[-v {0,1,2}] [-q] [-V]

A lightweight yet useful proxy DNS server

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-b BIND_ADDR, --bind-addr BIND_ADDR
local address to listen
-p BIND_PORT, --bind-port BIND_PORT
local port to listen
--upstream-ip UPSTREAM_IP
upstream DNS server ip address
--upstream-port UPSTREAM_PORT
upstream DNS server port
--query-timeout QUERY_TIMEOUT
time before close port used for querying
--min-ttl MIN_TTL the minimum time a record is held in cache
--max-ttl MAX_TTL the maximum time a record is held in cache
--cache-size CACHE_SIZE
record cache size
-t, --tcp-server enables TCP serving
--hosts-file HOSTS_FILE
hosts file
--dispatch-conf DISPATCH_CONF
URL dispatch conf file
-v {0,1,2}, --verbosity {0,1,2}
output verbosity
-q, --quiet disable output
-V, --version print version number and exit

Configuration
-------------

Dispatch conf file uses the same rule as in `Dnsmasq <http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html>`__. 'Address' and 'Server' rules are supported.

::

address=/example1.com/1.1.1.1
server=/example2.com/1.1.1.2


Default dispatch conf file is from `dnsmasq-china-list <https://github.com/felixonmars/dnsmasq-china-list>`__.


License
-------

The MIT License

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