wavesplatform / wavesplatform/gowaves
[FEATURE] Add DNS resolver to acquire seed peers
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Description
Аbstract
A gowaves node knows IP addresses of seed nodes (initial nodes to connect to) from the built-in configuration. Also the initial nodes could be provided by the command line parameter -peers. It seems better to replace or the built-in seed peers with the DNS record lookup.
Specification
Built-in configuration should support domain names along with seed nodes IP addresses. Those domain names should be resolved to underlying IP addresses and those addresses should be treated as usual seed nodes IP addresses.
The argument of -peers command line parameter should be parsed the same way as built-in configuration.
Backwards Compatibility
Configuration and -peers command line parameter should support IP addresses passing for backward compatibility.
Examples and Implementation
Bitcoin operates the same way.
https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/blob/535f25593d47297f2c7f27fac7725c3b9b05727d/connmgr/seed.go#L33
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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 inspecting how built-in configuration and the -peers command-line parameter currently accept seed node IP addresses. Use the Bitcoin seed resolver reference as context; done means domain names resolve to seed IP addresses while existing IP-address inputs continue to work in both paths.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- blockchain, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100