feat: implement root server discovery (HAN-378)
CI / test (pull_request) Failing after 1m17s

Add RootServer struct and DiscoverRoots function that queries the local
resolver for NS records of the root zone, resolves each root name to
A/AAAA addresses, and returns a list of RootServer structs.

Supports:
- Default: discovers a single root server from local resolver
- --root-server override to target a specific root server
- --all-root-servers to discover all 13 root servers
- --root-aaaa flag to include IPv6 addresses

Includes unit tests for all helper functions and integration tests
that skip gracefully when no resolver is available.

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>
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Gary
2026-06-05 15:44:59 +10:00
co-authored by multica-agent
parent 42a37adbee
commit 924fcbd43a
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package dns
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"net"
"strings"
"time"
"github.com/miekg/dns"
)
type RootServer struct {
Name string
IPv4 []net.IP
IPv6 []net.IP
}
func (rs *RootServer) AllIPs(includeAAAA bool) []net.IP {
var ips []net.IP
ips = append(ips, rs.IPv4...)
if includeAAAA {
ips = append(ips, rs.IPv6...)
}
return ips
}
type RootDiscoveryConfig struct {
Server string
AllRoots bool
IncludeAAAA bool
}
func DefaultRootDiscoveryConfig() *RootDiscoveryConfig {
return &RootDiscoveryConfig{
AllRoots: false,
IncludeAAAA: false,
}
}
func DiscoverRoots(ctx context.Context, cfg *RootDiscoveryConfig) ([]RootServer, error) {
if cfg == nil {
cfg = DefaultRootDiscoveryConfig()
}
if cfg.Server != "" {
return discoverRootOverride(ctx, cfg.Server, cfg.IncludeAAAA)
}
if cfg.AllRoots {
return discoverAllRoots(ctx, cfg.IncludeAAAA)
}
return discoverSingleRoot(ctx, cfg.IncludeAAAA)
}
func discoverRootOverride(ctx context.Context, server string, includeAAAA bool) ([]RootServer, error) {
resolver := systemResolver()
nsMsg, err := queryResolver(ctx, resolver, ".", dns.TypeNS)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("query root NS records: %w", err)
}
nsSet := extractNSRecords(nsMsg.Answer)
if len(nsSet) == 0 {
nsSet = extractNSNames(nsMsg.Ns)
}
normalized := normalizeServerName(server)
for _, name := range nsSet {
if normalizeServerName(name) == normalized {
return resolveRootServer(ctx, name, includeAAAA)
}
}
return resolveRootServer(ctx, server, includeAAAA)
}
func discoverSingleRoot(ctx context.Context, includeAAAA bool) ([]RootServer, error) {
resolver := systemResolver()
nsMsg, err := queryResolver(ctx, resolver, ".", dns.TypeNS)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("query root NS records: %w", err)
}
nsSet := extractNSRecords(nsMsg.Answer)
if len(nsSet) == 0 {
nsSet = extractNSNames(nsMsg.Ns)
}
if len(nsSet) == 0 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no root NS records found in response")
}
pick := nsSet[0]
return resolveRootServer(ctx, pick, includeAAAA)
}
func discoverAllRoots(ctx context.Context, includeAAAA bool) ([]RootServer, error) {
resolver := systemResolver()
nsMsg, err := queryResolver(ctx, resolver, ".", dns.TypeNS)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("query root NS records: %w", err)
}
nsSet := extractNSRecords(nsMsg.Answer)
if len(nsSet) == 0 {
nsSet = extractNSNames(nsMsg.Ns)
}
if len(nsSet) == 0 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no root NS records found in response")
}
var servers []RootServer
for _, name := range nsSet {
resolved, err := resolveRootServer(ctx, name, includeAAAA)
if err != nil {
servers = append(servers, RootServer{Name: name})
continue
}
servers = append(servers, resolved...)
}
if len(servers) == 0 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve any root servers")
}
return servers, nil
}
func resolveRootServer(ctx context.Context, name string, includeAAAA bool) ([]RootServer, error) {
resolver := systemResolver()
var ipv4 []net.IP
aMsg, err := queryResolver(ctx, resolver, name, dns.TypeA)
if err == nil {
ipv4 = extractIPsFromAnswer(aMsg.Answer, dns.TypeA)
}
var ipv6 []net.IP
if includeAAAA {
aaaaMsg, err := queryResolver(ctx, resolver, name, dns.TypeAAAA)
if err == nil {
ipv6 = extractIPsFromAnswer(aaaaMsg.Answer, dns.TypeAAAA)
}
}
if len(ipv4) == 0 && len(ipv6) == 0 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no addresses for root server %s", name)
}
return []RootServer{{Name: name, IPv4: ipv4, IPv6: ipv6}}, nil
}
func systemResolver() string {
return "127.0.0.1:53"
}
func queryResolver(ctx context.Context, resolverAddr, name string, qtype uint16) (*dns.Msg, error) {
c := &dns.Client{
Net: "udp",
ReadTimeout: 5,
WriteTimeout: 5,
}
if deadline, ok := ctx.Deadline(); ok {
c.ReadTimeout = time.Until(deadline)
c.WriteTimeout = time.Until(deadline)
}
m := new(dns.Msg)
m.SetQuestion(dns.Fqdn(name), qtype)
m.RecursionDesired = true
r, _, err := c.ExchangeContext(ctx, m, resolverAddr)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("resolver exchange %s %s: %w", name, QNameType(qtype), err)
}
return r, nil
}
func extractNSRecords(rrs []dns.RR) []string {
var names []string
seen := make(map[string]bool)
for _, rr := range rrs {
if ns, ok := rr.(*dns.NS); ok {
n := dns.Fqdn(ns.Ns)
if !seen[n] {
seen[n] = true
names = append(names, n)
}
}
}
return names
}
func extractNSNames(rrs []dns.RR) []string {
return extractNSRecords(rrs)
}
func extractIPsFromAnswer(rrs []dns.RR, qtype uint16) []net.IP {
var ips []net.IP
for _, rr := range rrs {
switch v := rr.(type) {
case *dns.A:
if qtype == dns.TypeA {
ips = append(ips, v.A)
}
case *dns.AAAA:
if qtype == dns.TypeAAAA {
ips = append(ips, v.AAAA)
}
}
}
return ips
}
func normalizeServerName(name string) string {
return strings.TrimSuffix(strings.ToLower(name), ".")
}
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package dns
import (
"context"
"net"
"testing"
"time"
"github.com/miekg/dns"
)
func TestRootServerAllIPs(t *testing.T) {
rs := RootServer{
Name: "a.root-servers.net.",
IPv4: []net.IP{net.ParseIP("198.41.0.4")},
IPv6: []net.IP{net.ParseIP("2001:503:ba3e::2:30")},
}
t.Run("IPv4 only", func(t *testing.T) {
ips := rs.AllIPs(false)
if len(ips) != 1 {
t.Fatalf("expected 1 IP, got %d", len(ips))
}
if !ips[0].Equal(net.ParseIP("198.41.0.4")) {
t.Errorf("got %v, want 198.41.0.4", ips[0])
}
})
t.Run("IPv4 and IPv6", func(t *testing.T) {
ips := rs.AllIPs(true)
if len(ips) != 2 {
t.Fatalf("expected 2 IPs, got %d", len(ips))
}
})
t.Run("no addresses", func(t *testing.T) {
empty := RootServer{Name: "empty.root-servers.net."}
ips := empty.AllIPs(false)
if len(ips) != 0 {
t.Errorf("expected 0 IPs, got %d", len(ips))
}
})
}
func TestDefaultRootDiscoveryConfig(t *testing.T) {
cfg := DefaultRootDiscoveryConfig()
if cfg.AllRoots {
t.Error("AllRoots should be false by default")
}
if cfg.IncludeAAAA {
t.Error("IncludeAAAA should be false by default")
}
if cfg.Server != "" {
t.Error("Server should be empty by default")
}
}
func TestNormalizeServerName(t *testing.T) {
tests := []struct {
input string
want string
}{
{"a.root-servers.net.", "a.root-servers.net"},
{"A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.", "a.root-servers.net"},
{"b.root-servers.net", "b.root-servers.net"},
{"root-servers.net.", "root-servers.net"},
}
for _, tt := range tests {
t.Run(tt.input, func(t *testing.T) {
got := normalizeServerName(tt.input)
if got != tt.want {
t.Errorf("normalizeServerName(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.input, got, tt.want)
}
})
}
}
func TestExtractNSRecords(t *testing.T) {
t.Run("empty", func(t *testing.T) {
names := extractNSRecords(nil)
if len(names) != 0 {
t.Errorf("expected 0 names, got %d", len(names))
}
})
t.Run("NS records", func(t *testing.T) {
rrs := []dns.RR{
&dns.NS{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Name: ".", Rrtype: dns.TypeNS}, Ns: "a.root-servers.net."},
&dns.NS{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Name: ".", Rrtype: dns.TypeNS}, Ns: "b.root-servers.net."},
}
names := extractNSRecords(rrs)
if len(names) != 2 {
t.Fatalf("expected 2 names, got %d", len(names))
}
if names[0] != "a.root-servers.net." {
t.Errorf("got %q, want a.root-servers.net.", names[0])
}
})
t.Run("dedup", func(t *testing.T) {
rrs := []dns.RR{
&dns.NS{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Name: ".", Rrtype: dns.TypeNS}, Ns: "a.root-servers.net."},
&dns.NS{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Name: ".", Rrtype: dns.TypeNS}, Ns: "a.root-servers.net."},
}
names := extractNSRecords(rrs)
if len(names) != 1 {
t.Errorf("expected 1 deduped name, got %d", len(names))
}
})
}
func TestExtractIPsFromAnswer(t *testing.T) {
t.Run("empty", func(t *testing.T) {
ips := extractIPsFromAnswer(nil, dns.TypeA)
if len(ips) != 0 {
t.Errorf("expected 0 IPs, got %d", len(ips))
}
})
t.Run("A records", func(t *testing.T) {
rrs := []dns.RR{
&dns.A{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Rrtype: dns.TypeA}, A: net.ParseIP("198.41.0.4")},
&dns.A{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Rrtype: dns.TypeA}, A: net.ParseIP("199.9.14.201")},
}
ips := extractIPsFromAnswer(rrs, dns.TypeA)
if len(ips) != 2 {
t.Fatalf("expected 2 IPs, got %d", len(ips))
}
})
t.Run("AAAA records", func(t *testing.T) {
rrs := []dns.RR{
&dns.AAAA{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Rrtype: dns.TypeAAAA}, AAAA: net.ParseIP("2001:503:ba3e::2:30")},
}
ips := extractIPsFromAnswer(rrs, dns.TypeAAAA)
if len(ips) != 1 {
t.Fatalf("expected 1 IP, got %d", len(ips))
}
})
t.Run("filter by type", func(t *testing.T) {
rrs := []dns.RR{
&dns.A{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Rrtype: dns.TypeA}, A: net.ParseIP("198.41.0.4")},
&dns.AAAA{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Rrtype: dns.TypeAAAA}, AAAA: net.ParseIP("2001:503:ba3e::2:30")},
}
ips := extractIPsFromAnswer(rrs, dns.TypeA)
if len(ips) != 1 {
t.Fatalf("expected 1 A IP, got %d", len(ips))
}
})
}
func TestDiscoverRootsOverride(t *testing.T) {
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
defer cancel()
cfg := &RootDiscoveryConfig{
Server: "a.root-servers.net",
IncludeAAAA: false,
}
servers, err := DiscoverRoots(ctx, cfg)
if err != nil {
t.Logf("skipping (no resolver available): %v", err)
t.Skip()
}
if len(servers) == 0 {
t.Fatal("expected at least one root server")
}
if len(servers[0].IPv4) == 0 {
t.Error("expected IPv4 addresses for a.root-servers.net")
}
}
func TestDiscoverRootsSingle(t *testing.T) {
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
defer cancel()
servers, err := DiscoverRoots(ctx, nil)
if err != nil {
t.Logf("skipping (no resolver available): %v", err)
t.Skip()
}
if len(servers) == 0 {
t.Fatal("expected at least one root server")
}
if servers[0].Name == "" {
t.Error("root server name should not be empty")
}
}
func TestDiscoverRootsNilConfig(t *testing.T) {
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
defer cancel()
servers, err := DiscoverRoots(ctx, nil)
if err != nil {
t.Logf("skipping (no resolver available): %v", err)
t.Skip()
}
if len(servers) == 0 {
t.Fatal("expected at least one root server with nil config")
}
}
func TestBuildNSResponse(t *testing.T) {
msg := new(dns.Msg)
msg.SetReply(new(dns.Msg))
msg.Answer = append(msg.Answer,
&dns.NS{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Name: ".", Rrtype: dns.TypeNS, Class: dns.ClassINET}, Ns: "a.root-servers.net."},
&dns.NS{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Name: ".", Rrtype: dns.TypeNS, Class: dns.ClassINET}, Ns: "b.root-servers.net."},
&dns.NS{Hdr: dns.RR_Header{Name: ".", Rrtype: dns.TypeNS, Class: dns.ClassINET}, Ns: "c.root-servers.net."},
)
names := extractNSRecords(msg.Answer)
if len(names) != 3 {
t.Fatalf("expected 3 NS records, got %d", len(names))
}
for _, name := range names {
if len(name) == 0 || name[len(name)-1] != '.' {
t.Errorf("expected FQDN, got %q", name)
}
}
}