Demo/dns/dnstype.py

   1 # TYPE values (section 3.2.2)
   2
   3 A = 1           # a host address
   4 NS = 2          # an authoritative name server
   5 MD = 3          # a mail destination (Obsolete - use MX)
   6 MF = 4          # a mail forwarder (Obsolete - use MX)
   7 CNAME = 5       # the canonical name for an alias
   8 SOA = 6         # marks the start of a zone of authority
   9 MB = 7          # a mailbox domain name (EXPERIMENTAL)
  10 MG = 8          # a mail group member (EXPERIMENTAL)
  11 MR = 9          # a mail rename domain name (EXPERIMENTAL)
  12 NULL = 10       # a null RR (EXPERIMENTAL)
  13 WKS = 11        # a well known service description
  14 PTR = 12        # a domain name pointer
  15 HINFO = 13      # host information
  16 MINFO = 14      # mailbox or mail list information
  17 MX = 15         # mail exchange
  18 TXT = 16        # text strings
  19
  20 # Additional TYPE values from host.c source
  21
  22 UNAME = 110
  23 MP = 240
  24
  25 # QTYPE values (section 3.2.3)
  26
  27 AXFR = 252      # A request for a transfer of an entire zone
  28 MAILB = 253     # A request for mailbox-related records (MB, MG or MR)
  29 MAILA = 254     # A request for mail agent RRs (Obsolete - see MX)
  30 ANY = 255       # A request for all records
  31
  32 # Construct reverse mapping dictionary
  33
  34 _names = dir()
  35 typemap = {}
  36 for _name in _names:
  37         if _name[0] != '_': typemap[eval(_name)] = _name
  38
  39 def typestr(type):
  40         if typemap.has_key(type): return typemap[type]
  41         else: return `type`