1// Package iprev checks if an IP has a reverse DNS name configured and that the
2// reverse DNS name resolves back to the IP (RFC 8601, Section 3).
13 "github.com/mjl-/mox/dns"
14 "github.com/mjl-/mox/mlog"
15 "github.com/mjl-/mox/stub"
18var xlog = mlog.New("iprev", nil)
21 MetricIPRev stub.HistogramVec = stub.HistogramVecIgnore{}
26 ErrNoRecord = errors.New("iprev: no reverse dns record")
27 ErrDNS = errors.New("iprev: dns lookup") // Temporary error.
32// Status is the result of a lookup.
36 StatusPass Status = "pass" // Reverse and forward lookup results were in agreement.
37 StatusFail Status = "fail" // Reverse and forward lookup results were not in agreement, but at least the reverse name does exist.
38 StatusTemperror Status = "temperror" // Temporary error, e.g. DNS timeout.
39 StatusPermerror Status = "permerror" // Permanent error and later retry is unlikely to succeed. E.g. no PTR record.
42// Lookup checks whether an IP has a proper reverse & forward
43// DNS configuration. I.e. that it is explicitly associated with its domain name.
45// A PTR lookup is done on the IP, resulting in zero or more names. These names are
46// forward resolved (A or AAAA) until the original IP address is found. The first
47// matching name is returned as "name". All names, matching or not, are returned as
50// If a temporary error occurred, rerr is set.
51func Lookup(ctx context.Context, resolver dns.Resolver, ip net.IP) (rstatus Status, name string, names []string, authentic bool, rerr error) {
52 log := xlog.WithContext(ctx)
55 MetricIPRev.ObserveLabels(float64(time.Since(start))/float64(time.Second), string(rstatus))
56 log.Debugx("iprev lookup result", rerr,
58 slog.Any("status", rstatus),
59 slog.Duration("duration", time.Since(start)))
62 revNames, result, revErr := dns.WithPackage(resolver, "iprev").LookupAddr(ctx, ip.String())
63 if dns.IsNotFound(revErr) {
64 return StatusPermerror, "", nil, result.Authentic, ErrNoRecord
65 } else if revErr != nil {
66 return StatusTemperror, "", nil, result.Authentic, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrDNS, revErr)
70 authentic = result.Authentic
71 for _, rname := range revNames {
72 ips, result, err := dns.WithPackage(resolver, "iprev").LookupIP(ctx, "ip", rname)
73 authentic = authentic && result.Authentic
74 for _, fwdIP := range ips {
76 return StatusPass, rname, revNames, authentic, nil
79 if err != nil && !dns.IsNotFound(err) {
84 return StatusTemperror, "", revNames, authentic, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrDNS, lastErr)
86 return StatusFail, "", revNames, authentic, nil