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Performing a DNS query using ASP.NET 2.0 and C# .NET

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This tutorial will show you how to perform a DNS query using the .NET System.Net class, ASP.NET 2.0 and C#.NET

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The .NET Framework offers a number of types that makes accessing networked resources easy.

To perform a DNS query, we will need to first import the System.Net namespace. The System.Net namespace contains the Dns.GetHostByName method, IPHostEntry container class and IPAddress class we will use to perform our DNS query.

using System.Net;

We'll put our code in a subroutine called DNSLookup() and call it from the btnSubmit_Click() event.

When the btnSubmit_Click() event fires it calls our DNSLookup() function. This function creates a new instance of the IPHostEntry container class and assigns it a host entry returned from the Dns.GetHostByName method. It then create an array of IPAddress objects using the AddressList of our host entry object. After that, it iterates through each ip and adds it to the text box.

protected void DNSLookup(string domain)
{

try
{

//performs the DNS lookup
IPHostEntry he = Dns.GetHostByName(domain);
IPAddress[] ip_addrs = he.AddressList;
txtIPs.Text = "";
foreach (IPAddress ip in ip_addrs)
{

txtIPs.Text += ip + "\n";

}

}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{

lblStatus.Text = ex.ToString();

}

We have two textboxes, a submit button, and a label on the front end for user interaction. The front end .aspx page looks something like this:

<table>

<tr>

<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1">Domain Name:</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><asp:textbox ID="txtDomain" runat="server"></asp:textbox><br />
<asp:button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" Text="Submit" /></td>

</tr>
<tr>

<td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1">IP Address(es)
Assigned to Domain Name:</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">  <br />
<asp:textbox ID="txtIPs" runat="server"></asp:textbox><br />
<br />
<asp:label ID="lblStatus" runat="server"></asp:label></td>

</tr>

</table>

The flow for the code behind page is as follows:

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Net;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

DNSLookup(txtDomain.Text);

}
protected void DNSLookup(string domain)
{

try
{

//performs the DNS lookup
IPHostEntry he = Dns.GetHostByName(domain);
IPAddress[] ip_addrs = he.AddressList;
txtIPs.Text = "";
foreach (IPAddress ip in ip_addrs)
{

txtIPs.Text += ip + "\n";

}

}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{

lblStatus.Text = ex.ToString();

}

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