PyTinyDNS -- Simple Python A Record Resolver

The Backstory

Recently I have been working on a side project; setting up OpenVPN for friends and family as a simple means of reasonably secure file sharing, media streaming, chatting, and e-mails. Not everyone that will be connected to the VPN is that technically savvy, so I'm trying to make things as easily accessible as possible. One way to make it easier to navigate would be an internal DNS server. At this point, I'm too lazy to setup and configure BIND just so that I can resolve a handful of local subdomains. 

Time for Python

After doing a little bit of searching, I found the following code. It's a small (under 50 lines of code) A record DNS resolver in Python with sockets being the only module requirement. The script resolves ALL domains to a single IP address for malware analysis purposes. This worked out perfectly for what I needed, so I decided to add a config file to make adding more than one A record a breeze. PyTinyDNS now accepts a default IP as an argument in case the domain is not specifically defined in the config. 

Example Config File

# Comment
google.com.:192.168.1.2
yahoo.com.:192.168.1.3

The Code

You can grab a copy of the code and an example config file on github

git clone https://github.com/chokepoint/pytinydns

I'll be adding extra features as I get bored, but for now this meets my current requirements for the VPN.

Update

I've added redis DB support, so that the DNS records can be updated live. Still supports flat file config, if you don't plan in setting up redis-server.