Retry with different resolvers

[pdelteil]

Please describe your feature request:

Often times while scanning domains you will get many false positives or REFUSED states. It would be useful to define a retry flag that retries with N resolvers. I'm assuming the current retry flag uses the same resolver every time.

Describe the use case of this feature:

Let's say we are looking for resolving domains (NOERROR status code), due to resolvers being blocked or malfunctioning (or rate limited?) the result might be REFUSED. I would like then to have this conditions matched:

• Only give NOERROR if at least 1 resolver gave NOERROR.
• Give REFUSED if N resolvers gave REFUSED. This means dnsx choosing N different resolvers from the -r parameter.
• Give SERVFAIL if N resolvers gave SERVFAIL.

Show a warning if N is greater than the resolvers defined in the -r parameter.

Thank you.

[GeorginaReeder]

Thanks so much for your feature request @pdelteil , we'll take a look into it!

[calab33p]

@pdelteil , I believe the behavior you are looking for is already there via

-retry int number of dns attempts to make (must be at least 1) (default 2)

It seems to work that way from my read onf the retryabledns code. N would be the retry count. Every retry I believe goes to a new resolver from the list you gave it.

CC @GeorginaReeder

[pdelteil]

Not the same.

As far as I know, a retry only occurs when the response from the request is empty. Not when getting a SERVFAIL: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/retryabledns/blob/main/client.go#L187

Saludos,

Philippe Delteil

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@pdelteil https://github.com/pdelteil , I believe the behavior you are looking for is already there via

-retry int number of dns attempts to make (must be at least 1) (default 2)

It seems to work that way from my read onf the retryabledns code. N would be the retry count. Every retry I believe goes to a new resolver from the list you gave it.

CC @GeorginaReeder https://github.com/GeorginaReeder

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[calab33p]

Yeah, it's a little confusing how retryable has both the Do() and QueryMultiple() functions, but I don't believe the code you are referencing will run. Looks like dnsx is using QueryMultiple() instead and that code retries if Rcode isn't NOERROR:

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/retryabledns/blob/main/client.go#L417

Maybe give it a try @pdelteil

[calab33p]

Also note https://github.com/projectdiscovery/retryabledns/blob/main/client.go#L327 where the next resolver is chosen. Personally, given the way the code is written, I believe the optimal number for retries is a multiple of the number of resolvers configured. So, if you have 50 resolvers, then 50 or 100 or ....

[pdelteil]

You're making comments based on your idea of the code but not from testing. I created this issue for the repo owner to do the heavy lifting regarding the functionality. What you said is not what I need from this tool.

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Also note https://github.com/projectdiscovery/retryabledns/blob/main/client.go#L327 where the next resolver is chosen. Personally, given the way the code is written, I believe the optimal number for retries is a multiple of the number of resolvers configured. So, if you have 50 resolvers, then 50 or 100 or ....

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