slookup - Parallelized fast DNS lookup tool

slookup is a simple program to do parallelized DNS lookups in a convenient way (useful for log parsing scripts and one-liners). It reads names (A/MX/NS lookups) or addresses (in dotted-quad format for PTR) on stdin and writes the results on stdout. One record per line. It can run up to 128 parallel DNS lookup processes (easily overloading a slow DNS server) which makes for Really Fast lookups for a large number of records. Beware, output is written in the order the DNS replies are received, which is usually different from the input order if parallel lookups are done.

It has been tested on the following platforms:

Solaris 2.6 / UltraSparc / gcc 2.7.2.3
RedHat Linux 7.0 / 2.2.17 / glibc-2.1.94 / gcc 2.96
Debian sarge / 2.6.8.1 / glibc-2.3.2 / gcc 3.3.5
Debian etch / 2.6.15 / glibc-2.3.6 / gcc 4.0.3
FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE / gcc 3.4.2
FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE / gcc 3.4.4

Download the (GPL'ed) source code below, read the README file, compile, and serve cold with a meal. Satisfaction not guaranteed. If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces.

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• slookup-1.2.tar.gz 11k
• slookup-1.1.tar.gz 11k

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License:

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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