Added utility class.

1 files changed, 72 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/custodian/dnsutil.rb b/lib/custodian/dnsutil.rb
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+
+
+require 'ipaddr'
+require 'socket'
+require 'timeout'
+
+
+
+#
+#  This class is responsible for doing forward/reverse DNS lookups
+#
+class DNSUtil
+
+
+  #
+  # Return the reverse DNS for the specified IP address, nil on failure.
+  #
+  def DNSUtil.ip_to_hostname( ip )
+    resolved = nil
+    begin
+      timeout( 4 ) do
+        begin
+          Socket.getaddrinfo(ip, 'echo').each do |a|
+            resolved = a[2] if ( a )
+          end
+        rescue SocketError
+          resolved = nil
+        end
+      end
+    rescue Timeout::Error => e
+      resolved = nil
+    end
+    resolved
+  end
+
+
+  #
+  # Convert a hostname to an IP address, return nil on failure.
+  #
+  def DNSUtil.hostname_to_ip( hostname )
+
+    resolved = nil
+
+    begin
+      timeout( 4 ) do
+        begin
+          Socket.getaddrinfo(hostname, 'echo').each do |a|
+            resolved = a[3] if ( a )
+          end
+        rescue SocketError
+          resolved = nil
+        end
+      end
+    rescue Timeout::Error => e
+      resolved = nil
+    end
+    resolved
+  end
+
+end
+
+
+if __FILE__ == $0 then
+
+  %w( ssh.steve.org.uk ipv6.steve.org.uk ).each do |name|
+    puts "Hostname test: #{name} #{DNSUtil.hostname_to_ip(name) }"
+  end
+
+  %w( 80.68.85.46 80.68.85.48 2001:41c8:125:46::22 ).each do |name|
+    puts "Hostname test: #{name} #{DNSUtil.ip_to_hostname(name) }"
+  end
+end