# Server-Side Request Forgery Prevention Cheat Sheet — Configure the DNS resolver to use for all DNS queries

> DNS_RESOLVER = dns.resolver.Resolver() DNS_RESOLVER.nameservers = ["1.1.1.1"] def verify_dns_records(domain, records, type): """ Verify if one of the DNS records resolve to a non public IP address.

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DNS_RESOLVER = dns.resolver.Resolver() DNS_RESOLVER.nameservers = ["1.1.1.1"]

def verify_dns_records(domain, records, type): """ Verify if one of the DNS records resolve to a non public IP address. Return a boolean indicating if any error has been detected. """ error_detected = False if records is not None: for record in records: value = record.to_text().strip() try: ip = ipaddress.ip_address(value) # See if not ip.is_global: print("[!] DNS record type '%s' for domain name '%s' resolve to a non public IP address '%s'!" % (type, domain, value)) error_detected = True except ValueError: error_detected = True print("[!] '%s' is not valid IP address!" % value) return error_detected

def check(): """ Perform the check of the allowlist of domains. Return a boolean indicating if any error has been detected. """ error_detected = False for domain in DOMAINS_ALLOWLIST: # Get the IPs of the current domain # See try: # A = IPv4 address record ip_v4_records = DNS_RESOLVER.query(domain, "A") except Exception as e: ip_v4_records = None print("[i] Cannot get A record for domain '%s': %s\n" % (domain,e)) try: # AAAA = IPv6 address record ip_v6_records = DNS_RESOLVER.query(domain, "AAAA") except Exception as e: ip_v6_records = None print("[i] Cannot get AAAA record for domain '%s': %s\n" % (domain,e)) # Verify the IPs obtained if verify_dns_records(domain, ip_v4_records, "A") or verify_dns_records(domain, ip_v6_records, "AAAA"): error_detected = True return error_detected

if name== "main": if check(): exit(1) else: exit(0)

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