# DNSMule
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Package for rule based dependency scanning and service fingerprinting via DNS.
This package provides utilities for writing and evaluating verbose and easy to read rule definitions in _YAML_-format.
There are two builtin rule formats with more available as plugins.
## Overview
The DNSMule tool is composed in the following way:
- DNSMule
- Backend
- Rules
- Rule
- Plugins
#### Backends
Any backend can be used and registered in YAML, the only requirement is extending the `dnsmule.backends.Backend` class.
A backend is responsible for creating `dnsmule.definition.Record` instances for processing with `dnsmule.rules.Rules`.
#### Plugins
Plugins provide DNSMule with additional functionality and/or rule(types).
Plugins can be registered in YAML.
It is required that all plugins extend the `dnsmule.plugins.Plugin` class.
#### Rules
This class is responsible for processing every`Record` and producing a `dnsmule.definition.Result` for them.
The actual processing happens in individual `dnsmule.rules.Rule` instances that are ordered and orchestrated by this
class.
#### Rule
These are user defined rules that process individual `Record` instances and append information to `record.data`
or `record.tags`. The `record.data` is a storage for result metadata and additional information. The `record.tags` set
is a collection of identifications for an input `Record`.
#### Current State
States (Complete, Testing, Developing, Refining) for every feature planned at this moment.
- (Complete) Backends
- (Complete) DNSPythonBackend
- (Complete) YAML definition
- (Complete) Rules
- (Complete) Builtin types
- (Complete) Custom rules
- (Complete) Custom rule factories
- (Complete) YAML definition
- (Testing) Plugins
- (Complete) Registration in program
- (Complete) Registration in YAML
- (Complete) YAML definition
- (Developing) Increasing test coverage
- (Refining) Result Storage
- (Refining) Registration in program
- (Refining) Registration in YAML
- (Refining) YAML definition
- (Developing) DNSMule
- (Complete) Rules from YAML
- (Complete) Backend from YAML
- (Testing) Plugins from YAML
- (Developing) Processing and gathering results
- (Refining) Result storage
- (Refining) Result storage from YAML
- (Refining) Combined YAML definition
#### Example server
The repo has a `Dockerfile` for easily running the tool using an example server in Docker:
```shell
$ ./build-image
$ ./run-server
```
#### Notice
This package is under active development.
#### Additional
- RnD Scripts under [scripts](scripts)
- Example server under [server](server)
# Rules
## Summary
The tool configuration is done through one or multiple rule configuration files. The file structure is defined in the
[schema file](rules-schema.yml). In addition to some builtin rule types, it is possible to create new types by
registering handlers or rules programmatically.
Rules support registration per DNS record type and priority for controlling invocation order.
```yaml
version: '0.0.1'
rules:
- name: o365
priority: 10
type: dns.regex
record: txt
config:
pattern: '^MS=ms'
identification: MICROSOFT::O365
- name: ses
type: dns.regex
record: txt
config:
pattern: '^amazonses:'
identification: AMAZON::SES
```
#### Example
```python
from dnsmule.definitions import Record, Result
from dnsmule.rules import Rules, Rule
rules: Rules
...
@rules.add.A[10]
async def my_scan(record: Record) -> Result:
from dnsmule.config import get_logger
get_logger().info('Address %s', record)
return record.identify('MY::SCAN')
@rules.register('my.rule')
def create_my_rule(**arguments) -> Rule:
...
```
Here the `add` is used to directly register a new rule into the ruleset with a given priority. The `register` call
creates a new handler for rules of type `my.rule`. Any future `my.rule` creations from `yml` or code would be routed to
this factory function.
## Other Components in YAML
#### Plugins
It is possible to register plugins using the YAML file:
```yaml
plugins:
- name: dnsmule_plugins.CertCheckPlugin
config:
callback: false
```
These are required to extend the `dnsmule.plugins.Plugin` class.
Plugins are evaluated and initialized before rules.
Any rules requiring a plugin should list their plugin in this block.
Plugins are only initialized once and if a plugin already exists in the receiving DNSMule instance
it will be ignored.
#### Backends
It is possible to define a single backend in a YAML file:
```yaml
backend:
name: 'dnspython.DNSPythonBackend'
config:
timeout: 5.5
resolver: 8.8.8.8
```
The backend must extend the `dnsmule.backends.Backend` class.
This declaration is ignored if this is not used in `DNSMule.load` or `DNSMule(file=file)`.
## Editor Support
#### Type Hints and JSON Schema (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, etc.)
It is possible to register the schema file as a custom JSON schema in IntelliJ editors.
This will give access to typehints and schema validation inside rule files and is especially nice for dynamic rule
definitions as you get full editor features for python inside the snippets.
- settings...
- Languages & Frameworks > Schemas and DTDs > JSON Schema Mappings
- Add a new mapping with the schema file and specified file or pattern
This is configured in the schema using the custom intellij language injection tag:
```yml
x-intellij-language-injection:
language: Python
prefix: |+0
from dnsmule.rules.entities import Type, Record, Result
def add_rule(record_type: Any, rule_type: str, name: str, priority: int = 0, **options) -> None:
pass
suffix: ''
```
Currently, this supports `dns.regex` pattern regex language injection and `dns.dynamic` rule code language injection.
Type hints and quick documentation are available.
## Builtin types
#### Regex rules
Regex rules can be defined with either one `pattern` or multiple `patterns`.
An example is in the following snippet:
```yml
rules:
- name: test
type: dns.regex
record: txt
config:
pattern: '^.*\.hello_world\.'
identification: HELLO::WORLD
flags:
- UNICODE
- DOTALL
- name: generic_verification
type: dns.regex
record: txt
priority: 10
description: Generic Site Regex Collection
config:
patterns:
- '^(.+)(?:-(?:site|domain))?-verification='
- '^(.+)(?:site|domain)verification'
- '^(.+)_verify_'
- '^(\w+)-code:'
group: 1
```
The full definition is available from the schema file.
#### Dynamic Rules
Dynamic rules are defined as code snippets with one or two methods
An init method that is invoked once after creation
```python
def init() -> None:
add_rule(...)
```
A process function that is invoked once for each record
```python
def process(record: Record) -> Result:
add_rule(...)
return record.result()
```
Both of these functions have access to the following rule creation method:
```python
def add_rule(
record_type: Any,
rule_type: str,
name: str,
priority: int = 0,
**options,
) -> None:
"""
:param record_type: Valid DNS record type as text, int, or type
:param rule_type: Valid rule type factory e.g. dns.regex
:param name: Name of the created rule
:param priority: Priority for the created rule, default 0
:param options: Any additional options for the rule factory
"""
pass
```
The only globals passed to these methods are:
- \_\_builtins\_\_
- from dnsmule.definitions import RRType, Record, Result
- add_rule
- Any additional globals created by the code itself
When the code is exec'd the result is inspected for:
- init function without parameters
- process function with a single parameter
Some notes:
- The init function is invoked exactly once.
- The process function is invoked exactly once for every single Record.
- Any rules created from the init method will be invoked for every suitable record.
- Any rules created from the process method will be invoked for suitable records found after creation.
- Creating DynamicRules from init or process is considered undefined behaviour and care should be taken
- The user should call init manually and include fail-safes for only calling it once
- The add_rule callback might not be available so you need to pass it manually to the rule