NAME

Net::DNS::Check::Check - OOP Perl module based on Net::DNS for domain name checking.

SYNOPSIS

 use Net::DNS::Check;

 my $dnscheck = new Net::DNS::Check(
        domain      => 'foo.com'
 );
 print ($dnscheck->check()?'OK':'FAILED');




 use Net::DNS::Check;
 use Net::DNS::Check::Config;

 my $config = new Net::DNS::Check::Config();
 $config->test_conf( test => 'soa_refresh_range', level => 'I');
 my $dnscheck = new Net::DNS::Check(
        domain      => 'foo.com',
        config          => $config,
        nserver         => 'ns.acme.com;ns2.acme.com=1.2.3.4',
        debug           => 1
 );
 print ($dnscheck->check()?'OK':'FAILED');

DESCRIPTION

Net::DNS::Check is a collection of OOP Perl modules allowing easy implementation of applications for domain name checking.

The Net::DNS::Check was built to be as easy as possible to use and highly configurable and flexible: it allow easy implementation of your custom test and deeper configuration of what you want to check and how.

Config Objects

A Config object is an instance of the Net::DNS::Check::Config class. With this object you can configure how Net::DNS::Check operates. You can set, for example, which test will be executed during the check phase, set the debug level and several other options. For additional information see Net::DNS::Check::Config.

Test Object

Net::DNS::Check::Test is the base class for test objects. A test is the single analysis that you can execute during the checking phase of a domain name. You can create a subclass of Net::DNS::Check::Test class and generate your custom test. For additional information see Net::DNS::Check::Test. At present these are the supported tests:

•: host_ip_private

Check if the IP addresses found during the hosts resolution do not belong to IP private classes.

•: host_ip_vs_ip_orig

Compare the IP addresses found during the hosts resolution with the IP addresses given with nserver argument (if exists) in method "new".

•: host_not_cname

Check if the hosts found are CNAME or not.

•: host_syntax

Verify the correctness of the hosts syntax.

•: mx_compare

Compare the MX RR found.

•: mx_present

Check if the MX RR is present or not.

•: ns_compare

Check if the NS RR are the same in all the authoritative nameservers.

•: ns_count

Check if the number of NS RR are within the range set in the configuration object. For additional information see: Net::DNS::Check::Config.

•: ns_vs_delegated

Compare the NS RR found with the effectively delegated nameservers (NS RR in the parent zone of the domain name being checked).

•: soa_expire_compare

Compare the expire time of all the authoritative nameservers.

•: soa_expire_range

Check if the expire time in the SOA RR is within the range set in the configuration object. For additional information see: Net::DNS::Check::Config.

•: soa_master_compare

Compare the value of the master nameserver specified in the SOA RR of all the authoritative nameservers.

•: soa_master_in_ns

Check if the NS RR exists for the master nameserver specified in the SOA RR.

•: soa_refresh_compare

Compare the refresh time in SOA RR of all authoritative nameservers.

•: soa_refresh_range

Check if the refresh time in the SOA RR is within the range set in the configuration object. For additional information see: Net::DNS::Check::Config.

•: soa_retry_compare

Compare the retry time in the SOA RR of all the authoritative nameservers.

•: soa_retry_range

Check if the retry time in the SOA RR is within the range set in the configuration object. For additional information see: Net::DNS::Check::Config.

•: soa_serial_compare

Compare the serial number in the SOA RR of all the authoritative nameservers.

•: soa_serial_syntax

Check if the syntax of the serial number in the SOA RR are in the AAAAMMGGVV format.

METHODS

new

This method creates a new Net::DNS::Check object and returns a reference to it. Arguments are passed as hash. The method "new" gives origin to all necessary queries.

domain: mandatory argument corresponding to the domain name you want to check
config: a reference to a Net::DNS::Check::Config object. This argument is optional and, if not present, the default configuration is used.
nserver: a string containing the list of all the authoritative nameservers. This argument is mandatory if the domain name to be cheked has not yet been delegated. The nserver string has a specific format: nserver_name=IP1,IP2...;nserver2_name=IP1;nserver3_name=IP1,IP2,IP3;...
The IP addresses are mandatory only for the nameservers within a domain name which has not yet been delegated. As many nameservers as necessary cab be typed into the nserver string.

Examples:

ns.foo.com=10.0.0.1;ns2.foo.com=192.168.1.1,192.168.3.100

ns.amce.com;ns4.foo.com=10.1.1.1
debug: with this argument the required debug level can be set:

Level 0: no debug information
Level 1: print to STDOUT information about executed actions
Level 2: as for level 1, but information about query answers are also displayed
Level 3: as for previous levels, but debug option of Net::DNS module is also activated.

check

With this method the check of the domain name starts. You'll get a true value if the check succeded or false otherwise.

test_summary

This method returns an hash containing the status and number of executed tests in that status.

For example if you have 3 tests in Warning status, 2 in Error status and 5 in OK status an hash like this will be given:

'W' => 3, 'E' => 2, 'OK' => 5

At present 4 different status are supported: OK, Warning (W), Error (E), Ignore (I). For additional information about status see Net::DNS::Check::Conf.

If an argument containing a specific status is passed, this method returns only the number of executed test in that status.

Examples:

        # $dnscheck is Net::DNS::Check object
        $dnscheck->check();

        # Print the number of test in OK status 
        print $dnscheck->test_summary('OK')


        # Return the hash of all the status
        # ********* ATTENZIONE attualmente riporta un hash reference, 
        # stabilire cosa e' meglio
        my %hash_status = $dnscheck->test_summary();

        foreach my $status ( keys %hash_status ) {
                print "$status: ". $hash_status{$status}."\n";
        }

check_status

This method returns "true" if the check succeede or otherwise "false".

nsauth

Returns the list (array) of the authoritative nameservers. Autoritative nameservers correspond to delegated nameservers (NS RR within the zone of the parent domain) or correspond to the nameservers passed with "nserver" argument in the method "new".

ns_status

This method returns status the information about the nameserver passed as argument. The nameserver must be one of the delegated nameservers. The status is "false" if no errors are found. If some problems to resolve the nameserver name are found or some errors are given during the query, this method returns an error string ("true" value):

NXDOMAIN: the domain name of the nameserver does not exist.
NOANSWER: some link problems (query time out)

error

This method return "false" if no errors are found during the check of the domain name. Otherwise it returns the error string ("true" value):

NXDOMAIN: the domain name or one of its parents have not yet been delegated (and the "nserver" argument of the method "new" is empty)
NOANSWER: some link problems (query time out)
Note that if this method returns an error ("true" value), the check (called with the "check" method) will never start.

test_list

This method returns an array containing the name of executed tests or, if the status argument is passed, it returns the array of the test in a specific status. At present 4 different status are supported: OK, Warning (W), Error (E), Ignore (I). For additional information about status see Net::DNS::Check::Conf.

test_object

This method returns the reference to Net::DNS::Check::Test object specified as argument.

test_status

This method returns the status information about the test name passed as argument. At present there 4 different status are supported: OK, Warning (W), Error (E), Ignore (I). An OK status is returned if the test succeedes. One of the possibile other values, according to the configuration, is returned otherwise. For additional information about status see Net::DNS::Check::Config.

test_detail

This method returns detailed information about a test name passed as argument. It returns an hash in which keys are nameserver names (delegated nserver) and values are an hash point whose keys are "desc" or "status" and values are: for "desc", a text string containing a description of result and for "status" a "true" or "false" value depending on the test results.

Example of returned hash for 'soa_serial_syntax' test:

        %ret = (
                        'ns.foo.com' => {
                        'desc'          => '2005041700', 
                        'status'        => 1
                },
                        'ns.acme.net' => {
                        'desc'          => '20050320', 
                        'status'        => 0
                },
        );

Example:

    foreach my $test_name ( $dnscheck->test_list() ) {

        $result .= "\n$test_name: ".$dnscheck->test_status($test_name) ."\n";
        $result .= "==============================\n";
        my %test_detail = $dnscheck->test_detail($test_name);

        foreach my $ns_name ( keys %test_detail ) {
            if ( defined $test_detail{$ns_name}->{desc} ) {
                my $detail_status   = $test_detail{$ns_name}->{status};
                my $detail_desc     = $test_detail{$ns_name}->{desc};
                $result .= "$ns_name: Status: $detail_status Desc: $detail_desc\n";
            } 
        }

    }

domain

Returns the domain name passed as argument to the method "new".

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