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base/protocols/dns/main.zeek
============================
.. zeek:namespace:: DNS
Base DNS analysis script which tracks and logs DNS queries along with
their responses.
:Namespace: DNS
:Imports: :doc:`base/protocols/conn/removal-hooks.zeek </scripts/base/protocols/conn/removal-hooks.zeek>`, :doc:`base/protocols/dns/consts.zeek </scripts/base/protocols/dns/consts.zeek>`, :doc:`base/utils/queue.zeek </scripts/base/utils/queue.zeek>`
Summary
~~~~~~~
Runtime Options
###############
============================================================================= =======================================================================
:zeek:id:`DNS::max_pending_msgs`: :zeek:type:`count` :zeek:attr:`&redef` Give up trying to match pending DNS queries or replies for a given
query/transaction ID once this number of unmatched queries or replies
is reached (this shouldn't happen unless either the DNS server/resolver
is broken, Zeek is not seeing all the DNS traffic, or an AXFR query
response is ongoing).
:zeek:id:`DNS::max_pending_query_ids`: :zeek:type:`count` :zeek:attr:`&redef` Give up trying to match pending DNS queries or replies across all
query/transaction IDs once there is at least one unmatched query or
reply across this number of different query IDs.
============================================================================= =======================================================================
Types
#####
===================================================== ================================================================
:zeek:type:`DNS::Info`: :zeek:type:`record` The record type which contains the column fields of the DNS log.
:zeek:type:`DNS::PendingMessages`: :zeek:type:`table` Yields a queue of :zeek:see:`DNS::Info` objects for a given
DNS message query/transaction ID.
:zeek:type:`DNS::State`: :zeek:type:`record` A record type which tracks the status of DNS queries for a given
:zeek:type:`connection`.
===================================================== ================================================================
Redefinitions
#############
==================================================================== ===========================================================
:zeek:type:`Log::ID`: :zeek:type:`enum` The DNS logging stream identifier.
* :zeek:enum:`DNS::LOG`
:zeek:type:`connection`: :zeek:type:`record`
:New Fields: :zeek:type:`connection`
dns: :zeek:type:`DNS::Info` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
dns_state: :zeek:type:`DNS::State` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
:zeek:id:`likely_server_ports`: :zeek:type:`set` :zeek:attr:`&redef`
==================================================================== ===========================================================
Events
######
=========================================== =================================================================
:zeek:id:`DNS::log_dns`: :zeek:type:`event` An event that can be handled to access the :zeek:type:`DNS::Info`
record as it is sent to the logging framework.
=========================================== =================================================================
Hooks
#####
============================================================ =================================================================
:zeek:id:`DNS::do_reply`: :zeek:type:`hook` This is called by the specific dns_*_reply events with a "reply"
which may not represent the full data available from the resource
record, but it's generally considered a summarization of the
responses.
:zeek:id:`DNS::finalize_dns`: :zeek:type:`Conn::RemovalHook` DNS finalization hook.
:zeek:id:`DNS::log_policy`: :zeek:type:`Log::PolicyHook` A default logging policy hook for the stream.
:zeek:id:`DNS::set_session`: :zeek:type:`hook` A hook that is called whenever a session is being set.
============================================================ =================================================================
Detailed Interface
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Runtime Options
###############
.. zeek:id:: DNS::max_pending_msgs
:source-code: base/protocols/dns/main.zeek 126 126
:Type: :zeek:type:`count`
:Attributes: :zeek:attr:`&redef`
:Default: ``50``
Give up trying to match pending DNS queries or replies for a given
query/transaction ID once this number of unmatched queries or replies
is reached (this shouldn't happen unless either the DNS server/resolver
is broken, Zeek is not seeing all the DNS traffic, or an AXFR query
response is ongoing).
.. zeek:id:: DNS::max_pending_query_ids
:source-code: base/protocols/dns/main.zeek 131 131
:Type: :zeek:type:`count`
:Attributes: :zeek:attr:`&redef`
:Default: ``50``
Give up trying to match pending DNS queries or replies across all
query/transaction IDs once there is at least one unmatched query or
reply across this number of different query IDs.
Types
#####
.. zeek:type:: DNS::Info
:source-code: base/protocols/dns/main.zeek 18 86
:Type: :zeek:type:`record`
.. zeek:field:: ts :zeek:type:`time` :zeek:attr:`&log`
The earliest time at which a DNS protocol message over the
associated connection is observed.
.. zeek:field:: uid :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&log`
A unique identifier of the connection over which DNS messages
are being transferred.
.. zeek:field:: id :zeek:type:`conn_id` :zeek:attr:`&log`
The connection's 4-tuple of endpoint addresses/ports.
.. zeek:field:: proto :zeek:type:`transport_proto` :zeek:attr:`&log`
The transport layer protocol of the connection.
.. zeek:field:: trans_id :zeek:type:`count` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
A 16-bit identifier assigned by the program that generated
the DNS query. Also used in responses to match up replies to
outstanding queries.
.. zeek:field:: rtt :zeek:type:`interval` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
Round trip time for the query and response. This indicates
the delay between when the request was seen until the
answer started.
.. zeek:field:: query :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The domain name that is the subject of the DNS query.
.. zeek:field:: qclass :zeek:type:`count` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The QCLASS value specifying the class of the query.
.. zeek:field:: qclass_name :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
A descriptive name for the class of the query.
.. zeek:field:: qtype :zeek:type:`count` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
A QTYPE value specifying the type of the query.
.. zeek:field:: qtype_name :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
A descriptive name for the type of the query.
.. zeek:field:: rcode :zeek:type:`count` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The response code value in DNS response messages.
.. zeek:field:: rcode_name :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
A descriptive name for the response code value.
.. zeek:field:: AA :zeek:type:`bool` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&default` = ``F`` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The Authoritative Answer bit for response messages specifies
that the responding name server is an authority for the
domain name in the question section.
.. zeek:field:: TC :zeek:type:`bool` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&default` = ``F`` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The Truncation bit specifies that the message was truncated.
.. zeek:field:: RD :zeek:type:`bool` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&default` = ``F`` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The Recursion Desired bit in a request message indicates that
the client wants recursive service for this query.
.. zeek:field:: RA :zeek:type:`bool` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&default` = ``F`` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The Recursion Available bit in a response message indicates
that the name server supports recursive queries.
.. zeek:field:: Z :zeek:type:`count` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&default` = ``0`` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
A reserved field that is zero in queries and responses unless
using DNSSEC. This field represents the 3-bit Z field using
the specification from RFC 1035.
.. zeek:field:: answers :zeek:type:`vector` of :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The set of resource descriptions in the query answer.
.. zeek:field:: TTLs :zeek:type:`vector` of :zeek:type:`interval` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The caching intervals of the associated RRs described by the
*answers* field.
.. zeek:field:: rejected :zeek:type:`bool` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&default` = ``F`` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The DNS query was rejected by the server.
.. zeek:field:: total_answers :zeek:type:`count` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The total number of resource records in a reply message's
answer section.
.. zeek:field:: total_replies :zeek:type:`count` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The total number of resource records in a reply message's
answer, authority, and additional sections.
.. zeek:field:: saw_query :zeek:type:`bool` :zeek:attr:`&default` = ``F`` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
Whether the full DNS query has been seen.
.. zeek:field:: saw_reply :zeek:type:`bool` :zeek:attr:`&default` = ``F`` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
Whether the full DNS reply has been seen.
.. zeek:field:: auth :zeek:type:`set` [:zeek:type:`string`] :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
(present if :doc:`/scripts/policy/protocols/dns/auth-addl.zeek` is loaded)
Authoritative responses for the query.
.. zeek:field:: addl :zeek:type:`set` [:zeek:type:`string`] :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
(present if :doc:`/scripts/policy/protocols/dns/auth-addl.zeek` is loaded)
Additional responses for the query.
.. zeek:field:: original_query :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&log` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
(present if :doc:`/scripts/policy/protocols/dns/log-original-query-case.zeek` is loaded)
Query with original letter casing
The record type which contains the column fields of the DNS log.
.. zeek:type:: DNS::PendingMessages
:source-code: base/protocols/dns/main.zeek 119 119
:Type: :zeek:type:`table` [:zeek:type:`count`] of :zeek:type:`Queue::Queue`
Yields a queue of :zeek:see:`DNS::Info` objects for a given
DNS message query/transaction ID.
.. zeek:type:: DNS::State
:source-code: base/protocols/dns/main.zeek 135 150
:Type: :zeek:type:`record`
.. zeek:field:: pending_query :zeek:type:`DNS::Info` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
A single query that hasn't been matched with a response yet.
Note this is maintained separate from the *pending_queries*
field solely for performance reasons -- it's possible that
*pending_queries* contains further queries for which a response
has not yet been seen, even for the same transaction ID.
.. zeek:field:: pending_queries :zeek:type:`DNS::PendingMessages` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
Indexed by query id, returns Info record corresponding to
queries that haven't been matched with a response yet.
.. zeek:field:: pending_replies :zeek:type:`DNS::PendingMessages` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
Indexed by query id, returns Info record corresponding to
replies that haven't been matched with a query yet.
A record type which tracks the status of DNS queries for a given
:zeek:type:`connection`.
Events
######
.. zeek:id:: DNS::log_dns
:source-code: base/protocols/dns/main.zeek 90 90
:Type: :zeek:type:`event` (rec: :zeek:type:`DNS::Info`)
An event that can be handled to access the :zeek:type:`DNS::Info`
record as it is sent to the logging framework.
Hooks
#####
.. zeek:id:: DNS::do_reply
:source-code: base/protocols/dns/main.zeek 104 104
:Type: :zeek:type:`hook` (c: :zeek:type:`connection`, msg: :zeek:type:`dns_msg`, ans: :zeek:type:`dns_answer`, reply: :zeek:type:`string`) : :zeek:type:`bool`
This is called by the specific dns_*_reply events with a "reply"
which may not represent the full data available from the resource
record, but it's generally considered a summarization of the
responses.
:param c: The connection record for which to fill in DNS reply data.
:param msg: The DNS message header information for the response.
:param ans: The general information of a RR response.
:param reply: The specific response information according to RR type/class.
.. zeek:id:: DNS::finalize_dns
:source-code: base/protocols/dns/main.zeek 643 658
:Type: :zeek:type:`Conn::RemovalHook`
DNS finalization hook. Remaining DNS info may get logged when it's called.
.. zeek:id:: DNS::log_policy
:source-code: base/protocols/dns/main.zeek 15 15
:Type: :zeek:type:`Log::PolicyHook`
A default logging policy hook for the stream.
.. zeek:id:: DNS::set_session
:source-code: base/protocols/dns/main.zeek 238 346
:Type: :zeek:type:`hook` (c: :zeek:type:`connection`, msg: :zeek:type:`dns_msg`, is_query: :zeek:type:`bool`) : :zeek:type:`bool`
A hook that is called whenever a session is being set.
This can be used if additional initialization logic needs to happen
when creating a new session value.
:param c: The connection involved in the new session.
:param msg: The DNS message header information.
:param is_query: Indicator for if this is being called for a query or a response.