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hostname resolver
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hostname.py
import socket
def resolve(hostname):
return socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
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yermulnik commented Jun 3, 2015

socket.gethostbyname would return only the first resolved ip-address despite the fact that host may have more than one ip-address. To get all of the ip-addresses I'd recommend to use socket.gethostbyname_ex. E.g.: return socket.gethostbyname_ex(hostname)[2] - would return a list of all ip-addresses that the host resolves to.

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aholbreich commented Jul 1, 2016

I is possible to integrate it to asible teplates?

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redbaron4 commented Dec 21, 2016

socket.getaddrinfo may be a better choice ever since GHOST vulnerability was disclosed

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