Support `/dnsaddr` in web environments (wasm-bindgen)
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Description
Description
Enable DNS lookup for web environments (wasm-bindgen). This can be achieved with DNS over HTTPS.
Motivation
I want to be able to use /dnsaddr in web environments.
Requirements
There are two options to implement this:
libp2p-dnsneeds to be internally refactored to hidehickorytypes from WASM. Also we need to decide if we are going to support DoH to native systems as well, or if it will be just for WASM.- Create
libp2p-dns-websys. The bad thing about this is to reimplement all the retry logic. The good part about this is that we need to implement support only for/dnsaddrsince/dnscan be handled well by *-websys transprots.
Examples of querying DoH:
Lookup for IPv4
curl --header 'accept: application/dns-json' 'https://1.1.1.1/dns-query?type=1&name=cloudflare.com'
Lookup for IPv6
curl --header 'accept: application/dns-json' 'https://1.1.1.1/dns-query?type=28&name=cloudflare.com'
Lookup for TXT
curl --header 'accept: application/dns-json' 'https://1.1.1.1/dns-query?type=16&name=cloudflare.com'
Open questions
No response
Are you planning to do it yourself in a pull request ?
Maybe
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing libp2p-dns and the two proposed approaches: hiding hickory types for WASM or adding libp2p-dns-websys. Examine the wasm-bindgen and DNS-over-HTTPS constraints, then determine how /dnsaddr should handle IPv4, IPv6, and TXT lookups in web environments. Done means a decided architecture and working /dnsaddr support for WASM.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust, wasm
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100