Module: Net::DNS

Defined in:
lib/net/dns.rb,
lib/net/dns/a_record.rb,
lib/net/dns/ptr_record.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: ARecord, PTRRecord, Record

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.lookup(query, proxy, resolver = Resolv::DNS.new) ⇒ Object

Looks up the IP or MAC address. Handles the conversion of a DNS miss exception into nil [query]: IP or hostname Returns: a new DNS record object, A or PTR accordingly We query DNS directly, as its faster then to query our own proxy.


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# File 'lib/net/dns.rb', line 14

def self.lookup query, proxy, resolver = Resolv::DNS.new
  Timeout::timeout(3) do
    if (query =~ Validations::IP_REGEXP)
      n = resolver.getname(query).to_s
      i = query
      t = "PTR"
    else
      i = resolver.getaddress(query).to_s
      n = query
      t = "A"
    end
    attrs = { :hostname => n, :ip => i, :resolver => resolver, :proxy => proxy }
    case t
      when "A"
        ARecord.new attrs
      when "PTR"
        PTRRecord.new attrs
    end
  end
rescue Resolv::ResolvError, SocketError
  nil
rescue Timeout::Error => e
  raise Net::Error, e
end