DNS server

What is the Need of DNS?

• Every host is identified by the IP address.

• Therefore a mapping is required to change the domain name to the IP
address.
• Therefore a mapping is required to change the domain name to the IP
address.
Types of Domain

• There are various kinds of domain:

• Generic domains
• Country domain
• Inverse domain
Name-to-Address Resolution
Domain Name Server
Domain Name Server
Domain Name Server
Domain Name Server
DNS Server (dns_server.c):
• The DNS server listens on a specified port for incoming connections
using TCP sockets.
• It reads domain-to-IP mappings from a file named database.txt and
stores them in a structure called DNSRecord.
• When a client connects, it receives a domain name from the client.
• It searches for the domain in its database and sends back the
corresponding IP address to the client.
• If the domain is not found, it sends a message indicating that the
domain is not found.
DNS Client (dns_client.c):
• The DNS client creates a TCP socket and connects to the DNS server
running on the local machine (127.0.0.1) at port 8888.
• It takes a user input for a domain name that the user wants to resolve
to an IP address.
• It sends the domain name to the server.
• It receives the IP address from the server and prints it.