Related information

PyDNS docs

To be done

Known Todo

A couple of people have requested support for UPDATE.

Currently I (anthony) am redesigning the internal APIs to separate out the transport from the packet building. This will make going forward a lot simpler, and remove much of the seriously nasty code from the innards. Where possible, the new API will support the same basic API for "just do a query" as the old

RFCs

A list of DNS-related RFCs. It would be nice to list the status of pydns w.r.t each of the following RFCs.

Core RFCs

The following describe the DNS protocol.

This list should be checked against the WG homepage

RFC 1034

Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities

RFC 1035

Domain Names - Implementation and Specification

RFC 1464

Using the Domain Name System To Store Arbitrary String Attributes (DNS TXT records)

RFC 1536

Common DNS Implementation Errors and Suggested Fixes

RFC 1995

Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS

RFC 1996

A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes (DNS NOTIFY)

RFC 2052

A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)

RFC 2136

Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)

RFC 2181

Clarifications to the DNS Specification

RFC 2308

Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)