| ▲ | Show HN: I built a DNS resolver from scratch in Rust – no DNS libraries(github.com) |
| 62 points by rdme 7 hours ago | 39 comments |
| I built a DNS resolver that lets me use https://frontend.numa instead of localhost:5173
— auto-generated TLS certs, WebSocket passthrough, path routing. No mkcert, no nginx, no /etc/hosts. |
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| ▲ | kevin061 15 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| The interface looks vibecoded. I have no problem with people vibecoding things. In fact, I have zero frontend skills, so I rely on AI to be able to make easy-to-use interfaces. However, I feel like this should be clearly and prominently displayed in the project page. Furthermore it is a little off-putting to see a vibecoded UI because I have very little confidence that the rest of the backend code is not vibecoded. I know I am possibly being unfair, but this is how it looks to me. If the developer tells me they didn't use AI at all, I would believe it. |
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| ▲ | andoando 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | I dont get this criticism at all, would you prefer someone write a shittier UI? And since when were people writing amazing bug free software before hand where not being vibe coded meant you could trust its good software? I guess to be fair, beforehand no body would be attempting this kind of thing and releasing it unless they knew what they were doing | |
| ▲ | rdme 9 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | It definitely is and you can see it in the git commits. The DNS wire protocol parser was the original learning project I wrote to understand the spec. Later features (recursive resolver, DNSSEC validation, the dashboard) were built with the help of AI |
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| ▲ | voxadam an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It's neither here nor there but can I ask about the name? I only ask because when I see "numa" in relation to computing I immediately think "Non-Uniform Memory Access". Very cool project by the way. I wonder how this would run on an OpenWRT device. I see in your install.sh that you support Linux and Darwin/MacOS, do you think there would be any major hurdles in supporting FreeBSD? |
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| ▲ | rdme an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | also in romanian nume = name(dns) and I also get the easter egg of that well known Romanian song numa numa :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnopHCL1Jk8 On OpenWRT — it's musl-based Linux so the binary should run the arm one would need a crosscompile
Free BSD can be done (pr's welcome?) | |
| ▲ | camdv an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | On the web site, it's named after the second King of Rome |
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| ▲ | rdme 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Since I needed it to be my primary DNS, I also added: recursive resolution from root nameservers, DNSSEC chain-of-trust validation, ad blocking (385K+ domains), and LAN service discovery. I wrote about the DNSSEC implementation here: https://numa.rs/blog/posts/dnssec-from-scratch.html
It's now my daily system DNS.
Single binary (~8MB), macOS/Linux/Windows. `sudo numa install` |
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| ▲ | pyprism 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Very interesting project! I have a couple of questions. With all the default blocked domains loaded, what is the average memory usage? Currently, I am using Pi-hole on a low memory single board computer. Is it possible to use this instead of Pi-hole? If so, I’d like to use it for all of my devices." | | |
| ▲ | rdme 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | With 390K blocked domains: ~31MB total process footprint.
Breakdown:
- Blocklist: 23.4MB (390K domains)
- Cache: 3.8MB (4.4K entries)
- Query log, SRTT, runtime: ~4MB It binds to 0.0.0.0:53 by default, so just point your devices' DNS to the board's IP |
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| ▲ | rdme 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Thanks! If you hit any issues during setup, feel free to open an issue — happy to help debug. The dashboard at localhost:5380 shows what's happening in real time. | | |
| ▲ | siruwastaken 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Why are you replying to your own coment? | | |
| ▲ | happytoexplain 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I think it's a bot? There's an identical version of this comment in another reply, except it cuts off half way through a sentence. | | |
| ▲ | rdme 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I hit reply on the wrong post and you can't delete comments or at least I don't see how it can be done | | |
| ▲ | dgb23 26 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Above the comments I've written on HN I see: 5 minutes ago | parent | next | edit | delete | | |
| ▲ | hxugufjfjf 16 minutes ago | parent [-] | | That only lasts for a few minutes until it’s locked and you can no longer delete after that. |
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| ▲ | rdme 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | because I clicked reply on the wrong one and you can't delete it... |
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| ▲ | p2hari 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Nice idea. To test I ran a simple nextjs on port 3000. Added the service via the dashboard.
However, when I visit the url, (using chrome latest version), https://{mygivenname}.numa/ I hit a DNS resolution fail error.
If I do not use a trailing '/' then it is going to google search for {mygivenname}.numa and shows me some search results. Should I open an issue? |
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| ▲ | rdme 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Is it possible you didn't start it as root ( sudo numa install)?
Does dig {mygivenname}.numa @127.0.0.1 return 127.0.0.1 ?
What OS are you on?
Maybe you report it as an issue? | | |
| ▲ | p2hari 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Thanks for quick response. It started to work. I think it must be some caching issue. But it needs a trailing '/' . Maybe will raise the issue for this. Cool. | | |
| ▲ | arcaen an hour ago | parent [-] | | I believe that is actually browser specific behavior. I sometimes use a fake TLD for stuff hosted at home, and both chrome and firefox resort to search if I don't include a trailing '/'. My assumption is the browser does a quick match against known TLDs and if it doesn't match then it resorts to search. | | |
| ▲ | rdme an hour ago | parent [-] | | exactly, I'll add a pr soon that tells the os (and browsers) that is'a a valid domain |
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| ▲ | 6r17 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Same hack here ; I have no DSN running by default - much more handy than having to set up nginx as it has no opinion on the targeted infrastructure. And the bonus point is that you can see every sneaky request that happens when you browse ; so another side-project connected to this is to make an inventory and policy filter |
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| ▲ | rdme 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes sir!
The query log is at GET /querylog (or on the dashboard) shows every request with domain, type, path (forwarded/recursive/cached/blocked) and latency |
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| ▲ | arafeq 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| this is really clean. the auto-TLS for local dev is the killer feature imo, so many hours wasted fighting mkcert and nginx configs. do you plan to support docker/container networking? being able to resolve service names across docker compose setups would make this a no-brainer for teams. |
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| ▲ | dgb23 35 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | I don't want to hijack the thread, because that's a cool project. Still, if you're looking for something that "just works" and is widely used, have a look at caddy. | |
| ▲ | rdme 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Actually, if you point a container's DNS at the host (dns: [host.docker.internal] in compose), it works for resolution + ad blocking for the reverse however, I've added it on the radar, thanks! | | |
| ▲ | Kaliboy 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | How does auto-TLS work? It makes a self signed certificate automatically? | | |
| ▲ | rdme 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes — numa install generates a local CA and stores it in the system trust store. When you register a .numa service, it generates a per-service TLS cert signed by that CA |
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| ▲ | bahador 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| feature request: libnuma so i can use it programmatically with configuration. also, multiple user defined blocklists. |
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| ▲ | rbluethl 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Cool idea, every developer running apps in dev on their machine knows this pain for sure. I'll give it a spin and let you know how it goes! |
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| ▲ | rdme 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Thanks! If you hit any issues during setup, feel free to open an issue — happy to help debug. The dashboard at localhost:5380 (or at https://numa.numa) |
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| ▲ | _kidlike 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| very interesting. how does the blocklist work? can one manage the lists? like StevenBlack or others. |
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| ▲ | lyfeninja 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I think I need to give this a go. Cool project. |
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| ▲ | goodpoint 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| we need a [slop] flag in the headlines |
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| ▲ | EdoardoIaga 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Rust it’s crazy good |
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| ▲ | voltagex_ 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Great idea, pity about the slop. |