# ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
# OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-"""DNS Reverse Map Names."""
+"""DNS Reverse Map Names.
+
+@var ipv4_reverse_domain: The DNS IPv4 reverse-map domain, in-addr.arpa.
+@type ipv4_reverse_domain: dns.name.Name object
+@var ipv6_reverse_domain: The DNS IPv6 reverse-map domain, ip6.arpa.
+@type ipv6_reverse_domain: dns.name.Name object
+"""
import dns.name
import dns.ipv6
import dns.ipv4
-def from_text(text):
+ipv4_reverse_domain = dns.name.from_text('in-addr.arpa.')
+ipv6_reverse_domain = dns.name.from_text('ip6.arpa.')
+
+def from_address(text):
"""Convert an IPv4 or IPv6 address in textual form into a Name object whose
value is the reverse-map domain name of the address.
@param text: an IPv4 or IPv6 address in textual form (e.g. '127.0.0.1',
@type text: str
@rtype: dns.name.Name object
"""
-
try:
parts = list(dns.ipv6.inet_aton(text).encode('hex_codec'))
- suffix = 'ip6.arpa.'
+ origin = ipv6_reverse_domain
except:
parts = ['%d' % ord(byte) for byte in dns.ipv4.inet_aton(text)]
- suffix = 'in-addr.arpa.'
+ origin = ipv4_reverse_domain
parts.reverse()
- parts.append(suffix)
- return dns.name.from_text('.'.join(parts))
+ return dns.name.from_text('.'.join(parts), origin=origin)
+
+def to_address(name):
+ """Convert a reverse map domain name into textual address form.
+ @param name: an IPv4 or IPv6 address in reverse-map form.
+ @type name: dns.name.Name object
+ @rtype: str
+ """
+ if name.is_subdomain(ipv4_reverse_domain):
+ name = name.relativize(ipv4_reverse_domain)
+ labels = list(name.labels)
+ labels.reverse()
+ text = '.'.join(labels)
+ # run through inet_aton() to check syntax and make pretty.
+ return dns.ipv4.inet_ntoa(dns.ipv4.inet_aton(text))
+ elif name.is_subdomain(ipv6_reverse_domain):
+ name = name.relativize(ipv6_reverse_domain)
+ labels = list(name.labels)
+ labels.reverse()
+ parts = []
+ i = 0
+ l = len(labels)
+ while i < l:
+ parts.append(''.join(labels[i:i+4]))
+ i += 4
+ text = ':'.join(parts)
+ # run through inet_aton() to check syntax and make pretty.
+ return dns.ipv6.inet_ntoa(dns.ipv6.inet_aton(text))
+ else:
+ raise dns.exception.SyntaxError, 'unknown reverse-map address family'