DNS Load Generator

DNS Load Generator is a DNS query load generator script written in Python3.

This forked version of ppdns_stress leverages the Python argparse module to accept user input from CLI and then generate DNS queries of various record types towards DNS servers.

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Installation

Method 1 - Run the Script

1. Run the script! There are no dependencies other than Python3.

Method 2 - Create a Python Venv

1. Browse to the project folder.
2. Create Python Virtual Environment (venv) and activate it.
3. Run the script!

cd dns-load-generator
python3 -m venv .
source bin/activate
python dns_load_gen.py

Usage

This version of DNS Load Generator has been modified to include command line arguments. This is useful for generating queries quickly without needing to manually input settings every time.

user@demo ~ $ python3 dns_load_gen.py -h
usage: dns_load_gen.py [-h] [-c 10] -d 192.0.2.1 [192.0.2.1 ...] -r example.com
                     [-t {a,cname,mx,ns,ptr,soa,srv,txt}] [-v]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c 10, --count 10     Set how many queries will be generated. Default: 10
  -d 192.0.2.1 [192.0.2.1 ...], --destinations 192.0.2.1 [192.0.2.1 ...]
                        Set DNS server(s) to query. Accepts multiple entries
                        separated by space.
  -r example.com, --record example.com
                        Set name of the record to query.
  -t {a,cname,mx,ns,ptr,soa,srv,txt}, --type {a,cname,mx,ns,ptr,soa,srv,txt}
                        Set type record to send query DNS servers for.
                        Default: A Record
  -v, --verbose         Provide more detailed output.