getting NS record type using C# (dns)

Question

Just wondering if there is any way to get the NS records in C#. I have read on the MSDN and there seems to be a DNS class that can return the host IP address. However, I am after the NS record type.

Many thanks

Answer 1

As I recall, this functionality is not built in to C#.

However, there are some no-license and open-source-license components that will provide much richer DNS functionality.

Check this link for one. Others are easy to find with Google/Bing.

Answer 2

You could use SimpleDNS which provides results for Query Types A , CName , MX , NS , SOA and TXT .

//Create your question - (Hostname,QueryType) 
var question = new Question("stackoverflow.com", QType.NS);

//Create your SimpleDnsPacket and pass to the Util method Kitson.Dns.Query 
var result = Query.Simple(new SimpleDnsPacket(question, IPAddress.Parse("8.8.8.8")));

Result:

It's also available as Nuget package and compatible with .NetCore 2.0.