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  25 
  26 package com.sun.jndi.dns;
  27 

  28 import javax.naming.InvalidNameException;
  29 




  30 
  31 /**
  32  * The ResourceRecord class represents a DNS resource record.
  33  * The string format is based on the master file representation in
  34  * RFC 1035.
  35  *
  36  * @author Scott Seligman
  37  */
  38 
  39 
  40 public class ResourceRecord {
  41 
  42     /*
  43      * Resource record type codes
  44      */
  45     static final int TYPE_A     =  1;
  46     static final int TYPE_NS    =  2;
  47     static final int TYPE_CNAME =  5;
  48     static final int TYPE_SOA   =  6;
  49     static final int TYPE_PTR   = 12;


  67         null, null, null, null, null,
  68         null, null, null, "AAAA", null,
  69         null, null, null, "SRV", null,
  70         "NAPTR"
  71     };
  72 
  73     /*
  74      * Resource record class codes
  75      */
  76     static final int CLASS_INTERNET = 1;
  77     static final int CLASS_HESIOD   = 2;
  78     static final int QCLASS_STAR    = 255;      // query class "*"
  79 
  80     /*
  81      * Mapping from resource record type codes to class name strings.
  82      */
  83     static final String rrClassNames[] = {
  84         null, "IN", null, null, "HS"
  85     };
  86 





  87 
  88     byte[] msg;                 // DNS message
  89     int msgLen;                 // msg size (in octets)
  90     boolean qSection;           // true if this RR is part of question section
  91                                 // and therefore has no ttl or rdata
  92     int offset;                 // offset of RR w/in msg
  93     int rrlen;                  // number of octets in encoded RR
  94     DnsName name;               // name field of RR, including root label
  95     int rrtype;                 // type field of RR
  96     String rrtypeName;          // name of of rrtype
  97     int rrclass;                // class field of RR
  98     String rrclassName;         // name of rrclass
  99     int ttl = 0;                // ttl field of RR
 100     int rdlen = 0;              // number of octets of rdata
 101     Object rdata = null;        // rdata -- most are String, unknown are byte[]
 102 
 103 
 104     /*
 105      * Constructs a new ResourceRecord.  The encoded data of the DNS
 106      * message is contained in msg; data for this RR begins at msg[offset].
 107      * If qSection is true this RR is part of a question section.  It's
 108      * not a true resource record in that case, but is treated as if it
 109      * were a shortened one (with no ttl or rdata).  If decodeRdata is
 110      * false, the rdata is not decoded (and getRdata() will return null)
 111      * unless this is an SOA record.
 112      *
 113      * @throws InvalidNameException if a decoded domain name isn't valid.
 114      * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException given certain other corrupt data.
 115      */
 116     ResourceRecord(byte[] msg, int msgLen, int offset,
 117                    boolean qSection, boolean decodeRdata)
 118             throws InvalidNameException {
 119 
 120         this.msg = msg;
 121         this.msgLen = msgLen;
 122         this.offset = offset;
 123         this.qSection = qSection;
 124         decode(decodeRdata);
 125     }
 126 
 127     public String toString() {
 128         String text = name + " " + rrclassName + " " + rrtypeName;
 129         if (!qSection) {
 130             text += " " + ttl + " " +
 131                 ((rdata != null) ? rdata : "[n/a]");
 132         }
 133         return text;
 134     }
 135 
 136     /*
 137      * Returns the name field of this RR, including the root label.
 138      */


 218      * than the second.  If the serial numbers are not comparable the
 219      * result is undefined.  Note that the relation is not transitive.
 220      */
 221     public static int compareSerialNumbers(long s1, long s2) {
 222         long diff = s2 - s1;
 223         if (diff == 0) {
 224             return 0;
 225         } else if ((diff > 0 &&  diff <= 0x7FFFFFFF) ||
 226                    (diff < 0 && -diff >  0x7FFFFFFF)) {
 227             return -1;
 228         } else {
 229             return 1;
 230         }
 231     }
 232 
 233 
 234     /*
 235      * Decodes the binary format of the RR.
 236      * May throw ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException given corrupt data.
 237      */
 238     private void decode(boolean decodeRdata) throws InvalidNameException {
 239         int pos = offset;       // index of next unread octet
 240 
 241         name = new DnsName();                           // NAME
 242         pos = decodeName(pos, name);
 243 
 244         rrtype = getUShort(pos);                        // TYPE
 245         rrtypeName = (rrtype < rrTypeNames.length)
 246             ? rrTypeNames[rrtype]
 247             : null;
 248         if (rrtypeName == null) {
 249             rrtypeName = Integer.toString(rrtype);
 250         }
 251         pos += 2;
 252 
 253         rrclass = getUShort(pos);                       // CLASS
 254         rrclassName = (rrclass < rrClassNames.length)
 255             ? rrClassNames[rrclass]
 256             : null;
 257         if (rrclassName == null) {
 258             rrclassName = Integer.toString(rrclass);


 299 
 300     /*
 301      * Returns the 4-byte signed value at msg[pos].  The high
 302      * order byte comes first.
 303      */
 304     private int getInt(int pos) {
 305         return ((getUShort(pos) << 16) | getUShort(pos + 2));
 306     }
 307 
 308     /*
 309      * Returns the 4-byte unsigned value at msg[pos].  The high
 310      * order byte comes first.
 311      */
 312     private long getUInt(int pos) {
 313         return (getInt(pos) & 0xffffffffL);
 314     }
 315 
 316     /*
 317      * Returns the name encoded at msg[pos], including the root label.
 318      */
 319     private DnsName decodeName(int pos) throws InvalidNameException {
 320         DnsName n = new DnsName();
 321         decodeName(pos, n);
 322         return n;
 323     }
 324 
 325     /*
 326      * Prepends to "n" the domain name encoded at msg[pos], including the root
 327      * label.  Returns the index into "msg" following the name.
 328      */
 329     private int decodeName(int pos, DnsName n) throws InvalidNameException {
 330         if (msg[pos] == 0) {                            // end of name
 331             n.add(0, "");
 332             return (pos + 1);
 333         } else if ((msg[pos] & 0xC0) != 0) {            // name compression
 334             decodeName(getUShort(pos) & 0x3FFF, n);
 335             return (pos + 2);
 336         } else {                                        // append a label
 337             int len = msg[pos++];
 338             try {
 339                 n.add(0, new String(msg, pos, len, "ISO-8859-1"));
 340             } catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 341                 // assert false : "ISO-Latin-1 charset unavailable";
 342             }
 343             return decodeName(pos + len, n);
 344         }























 345     }
 346 
 347     /*
 348      * Returns the rdata encoded at msg[pos].  The format is dependent
 349      * on the rrtype and rrclass values, which have already been set.
 350      * The length of the encoded data is rdlen, which has already been
 351      * set.
 352      * The rdata of records with unknown type/class combinations is
 353      * returned in a newly-allocated byte array.
 354      */
 355     private Object decodeRdata(int pos) throws InvalidNameException {
 356         if (rrclass == CLASS_INTERNET) {
 357             switch (rrtype) {
 358             case TYPE_A:
 359                 return decodeA(pos);
 360             case TYPE_AAAA:
 361                 return decodeAAAA(pos);
 362             case TYPE_CNAME:
 363             case TYPE_NS:
 364             case TYPE_PTR:
 365                 return decodeName(pos);
 366             case TYPE_MX:
 367                 return decodeMx(pos);
 368             case TYPE_SOA:
 369                 return decodeSoa(pos);
 370             case TYPE_SRV:
 371                 return decodeSrv(pos);
 372             case TYPE_NAPTR:
 373                 return decodeNaptr(pos);
 374             case TYPE_TXT:
 375                 return decodeTxt(pos);
 376             case TYPE_HINFO:
 377                 return decodeHinfo(pos);
 378             }
 379         }
 380         // Unknown RR type/class
 381         byte[] rd = new byte[rdlen];
 382         System.arraycopy(msg, pos, rd, 0, rdlen);
 383         return rd;
 384     }
 385 
 386     /*
 387      * Returns the rdata of an MX record that is encoded at msg[pos].
 388      */
 389     private String decodeMx(int pos) throws InvalidNameException {
 390         int preference = getUShort(pos);
 391         pos += 2;
 392         DnsName name = decodeName(pos);
 393         return (preference + " " + name);
 394     }
 395 
 396     /*
 397      * Returns the rdata of an SOA record that is encoded at msg[pos].
 398      */
 399     private String decodeSoa(int pos) throws InvalidNameException {
 400         DnsName mname = new DnsName();
 401         pos = decodeName(pos, mname);
 402         DnsName rname = new DnsName();
 403         pos = decodeName(pos, rname);
 404 
 405         long serial = getUInt(pos);
 406         pos += 4;
 407         long refresh = getUInt(pos);
 408         pos += 4;
 409         long retry = getUInt(pos);
 410         pos += 4;
 411         long expire = getUInt(pos);
 412         pos += 4;
 413         long minimum = getUInt(pos);    // now used as negative TTL
 414         pos += 4;
 415 
 416         return (mname + " " + rname + " " + serial + " " +
 417                 refresh + " " + retry + " " + expire + " " + minimum);
 418     }
 419 
 420     /*
 421      * Returns the rdata of an SRV record that is encoded at msg[pos].
 422      * See RFC 2782.
 423      */
 424     private String decodeSrv(int pos) throws InvalidNameException {
 425         int priority = getUShort(pos);
 426         pos += 2;
 427         int weight =   getUShort(pos);
 428         pos += 2;
 429         int port =     getUShort(pos);
 430         pos += 2;
 431         DnsName target = decodeName(pos);
 432         return (priority + " " + weight + " " + port + " " + target);
 433     }
 434 
 435     /*
 436      * Returns the rdata of an NAPTR record that is encoded at msg[pos].
 437      * See RFC 2915.
 438      */
 439     private String decodeNaptr(int pos) throws InvalidNameException {
 440         int order = getUShort(pos);
 441         pos += 2;
 442         int preference = getUShort(pos);
 443         pos += 2;
 444         StringBuffer flags = new StringBuffer();
 445         pos += decodeCharString(pos, flags);
 446         StringBuffer services = new StringBuffer();
 447         pos += decodeCharString(pos, services);
 448         StringBuffer regexp = new StringBuffer(rdlen);
 449         pos += decodeCharString(pos, regexp);
 450         DnsName replacement = decodeName(pos);
 451 
 452         return (order + " " + preference + " " + flags + " " +
 453                 services + " " + regexp + " " + replacement);
 454     }
 455 
 456     /*
 457      * Returns the rdata of a TXT record that is encoded at msg[pos].
 458      * The rdata consists of one or more <character-string>s.
 459      */


   1 /*
   2  * Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   3  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   4  *
   5  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   6  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   7  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
   8  * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
   9  * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
  10  *
  11  * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  12  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  13  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
  14  * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
  15  * accompanied this code).
  16  *
  17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
  18  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  19  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  20  *
  21  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
  22  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  23  * questions.
  24  */
  25 
  26 package com.sun.jndi.dns;
  27 
  28 import javax.naming.CommunicationException;
  29 import javax.naming.InvalidNameException;
  30 
  31 import java.io.IOException;
  32 
  33 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
  34 
  35 
  36 /**
  37  * The ResourceRecord class represents a DNS resource record.
  38  * The string format is based on the master file representation in
  39  * RFC 1035.
  40  *
  41  * @author Scott Seligman
  42  */
  43 
  44 
  45 public class ResourceRecord {
  46 
  47     /*
  48      * Resource record type codes
  49      */
  50     static final int TYPE_A     =  1;
  51     static final int TYPE_NS    =  2;
  52     static final int TYPE_CNAME =  5;
  53     static final int TYPE_SOA   =  6;
  54     static final int TYPE_PTR   = 12;


  72         null, null, null, null, null,
  73         null, null, null, "AAAA", null,
  74         null, null, null, "SRV", null,
  75         "NAPTR"
  76     };
  77 
  78     /*
  79      * Resource record class codes
  80      */
  81     static final int CLASS_INTERNET = 1;
  82     static final int CLASS_HESIOD   = 2;
  83     static final int QCLASS_STAR    = 255;      // query class "*"
  84 
  85     /*
  86      * Mapping from resource record type codes to class name strings.
  87      */
  88     static final String rrClassNames[] = {
  89         null, "IN", null, null, "HS"
  90     };
  91 
  92     /*
  93      * Maximum number of compression references in labels.
  94      * Used to detect compression loops.
  95      */
  96     private static final int MAXIMUM_COMPRESSION_REFERENCES = 16;
  97 
  98     byte[] msg;                 // DNS message
  99     int msgLen;                 // msg size (in octets)
 100     boolean qSection;           // true if this RR is part of question section
 101                                 // and therefore has no ttl or rdata
 102     int offset;                 // offset of RR w/in msg
 103     int rrlen;                  // number of octets in encoded RR
 104     DnsName name;               // name field of RR, including root label
 105     int rrtype;                 // type field of RR
 106     String rrtypeName;          // name of of rrtype
 107     int rrclass;                // class field of RR
 108     String rrclassName;         // name of rrclass
 109     int ttl = 0;                // ttl field of RR
 110     int rdlen = 0;              // number of octets of rdata
 111     Object rdata = null;        // rdata -- most are String, unknown are byte[]
 112 
 113 
 114     /*
 115      * Constructs a new ResourceRecord.  The encoded data of the DNS
 116      * message is contained in msg; data for this RR begins at msg[offset].
 117      * If qSection is true this RR is part of a question section.  It's
 118      * not a true resource record in that case, but is treated as if it
 119      * were a shortened one (with no ttl or rdata).  If decodeRdata is
 120      * false, the rdata is not decoded (and getRdata() will return null)
 121      * unless this is an SOA record.
 122      *
 123      * @throws CommunicationException if a decoded domain name isn't valid.
 124      * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException given certain other corrupt data.
 125      */
 126     ResourceRecord(byte[] msg, int msgLen, int offset,
 127                    boolean qSection, boolean decodeRdata)
 128             throws CommunicationException {
 129 
 130         this.msg = msg;
 131         this.msgLen = msgLen;
 132         this.offset = offset;
 133         this.qSection = qSection;
 134         decode(decodeRdata);
 135     }
 136 
 137     public String toString() {
 138         String text = name + " " + rrclassName + " " + rrtypeName;
 139         if (!qSection) {
 140             text += " " + ttl + " " +
 141                 ((rdata != null) ? rdata : "[n/a]");
 142         }
 143         return text;
 144     }
 145 
 146     /*
 147      * Returns the name field of this RR, including the root label.
 148      */


 228      * than the second.  If the serial numbers are not comparable the
 229      * result is undefined.  Note that the relation is not transitive.
 230      */
 231     public static int compareSerialNumbers(long s1, long s2) {
 232         long diff = s2 - s1;
 233         if (diff == 0) {
 234             return 0;
 235         } else if ((diff > 0 &&  diff <= 0x7FFFFFFF) ||
 236                    (diff < 0 && -diff >  0x7FFFFFFF)) {
 237             return -1;
 238         } else {
 239             return 1;
 240         }
 241     }
 242 
 243 
 244     /*
 245      * Decodes the binary format of the RR.
 246      * May throw ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException given corrupt data.
 247      */
 248     private void decode(boolean decodeRdata) throws CommunicationException {
 249         int pos = offset;       // index of next unread octet
 250 
 251         name = new DnsName();                           // NAME
 252         pos = decodeName(pos, name);
 253 
 254         rrtype = getUShort(pos);                        // TYPE
 255         rrtypeName = (rrtype < rrTypeNames.length)
 256             ? rrTypeNames[rrtype]
 257             : null;
 258         if (rrtypeName == null) {
 259             rrtypeName = Integer.toString(rrtype);
 260         }
 261         pos += 2;
 262 
 263         rrclass = getUShort(pos);                       // CLASS
 264         rrclassName = (rrclass < rrClassNames.length)
 265             ? rrClassNames[rrclass]
 266             : null;
 267         if (rrclassName == null) {
 268             rrclassName = Integer.toString(rrclass);


 309 
 310     /*
 311      * Returns the 4-byte signed value at msg[pos].  The high
 312      * order byte comes first.
 313      */
 314     private int getInt(int pos) {
 315         return ((getUShort(pos) << 16) | getUShort(pos + 2));
 316     }
 317 
 318     /*
 319      * Returns the 4-byte unsigned value at msg[pos].  The high
 320      * order byte comes first.
 321      */
 322     private long getUInt(int pos) {
 323         return (getInt(pos) & 0xffffffffL);
 324     }
 325 
 326     /*
 327      * Returns the name encoded at msg[pos], including the root label.
 328      */
 329     private DnsName decodeName(int pos) throws CommunicationException {
 330         DnsName n = new DnsName();
 331         decodeName(pos, n);
 332         return n;
 333     }
 334 
 335     /*
 336      * Prepends to "n" the domain name encoded at msg[pos], including the root
 337      * label.  Returns the index into "msg" following the name.
 338      */
 339     private int decodeName(int pos, DnsName n) throws CommunicationException {
 340         int endPos = -1;
 341         int level = 0;






 342         try {
 343             while (true) {
 344                 if (level > MAXIMUM_COMPRESSION_REFERENCES)
 345                     throw new IOException("Too many compression references");
 346                 int typeAndLen = msg[pos] & 0xFF;
 347                 if (typeAndLen == 0) {                  // end of name
 348                     ++pos;
 349                     n.add(0, "");
 350                     break;
 351                 } else if (typeAndLen <= 63) {          // regular label
 352                     ++pos;
 353                     n.add(0, new String(msg, pos, typeAndLen,
 354                         StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1));
 355                     pos += typeAndLen;
 356                 } else if ((typeAndLen & 0xC0) == 0xC0) { // name compression
 357                     ++level;
 358                     endPos = pos + 2;
 359                     pos = getUShort(pos) & 0x3FFF;
 360                 } else
 361                     throw new IOException("Invalid label type: " + typeAndLen);
 362             }
 363         } catch (IOException | InvalidNameException e) {
 364             CommunicationException ce =new CommunicationException(
 365                 "DNS error: malformed packet");
 366             ce.initCause(e);
 367             throw ce;
 368         }
 369         if (endPos == -1)
 370             endPos = pos;
 371         return endPos;
 372     }
 373 
 374     /*
 375      * Returns the rdata encoded at msg[pos].  The format is dependent
 376      * on the rrtype and rrclass values, which have already been set.
 377      * The length of the encoded data is rdlen, which has already been
 378      * set.
 379      * The rdata of records with unknown type/class combinations is
 380      * returned in a newly-allocated byte array.
 381      */
 382     private Object decodeRdata(int pos) throws CommunicationException {
 383         if (rrclass == CLASS_INTERNET) {
 384             switch (rrtype) {
 385             case TYPE_A:
 386                 return decodeA(pos);
 387             case TYPE_AAAA:
 388                 return decodeAAAA(pos);
 389             case TYPE_CNAME:
 390             case TYPE_NS:
 391             case TYPE_PTR:
 392                 return decodeName(pos);
 393             case TYPE_MX:
 394                 return decodeMx(pos);
 395             case TYPE_SOA:
 396                 return decodeSoa(pos);
 397             case TYPE_SRV:
 398                 return decodeSrv(pos);
 399             case TYPE_NAPTR:
 400                 return decodeNaptr(pos);
 401             case TYPE_TXT:
 402                 return decodeTxt(pos);
 403             case TYPE_HINFO:
 404                 return decodeHinfo(pos);
 405             }
 406         }
 407         // Unknown RR type/class
 408         byte[] rd = new byte[rdlen];
 409         System.arraycopy(msg, pos, rd, 0, rdlen);
 410         return rd;
 411     }
 412 
 413     /*
 414      * Returns the rdata of an MX record that is encoded at msg[pos].
 415      */
 416     private String decodeMx(int pos) throws CommunicationException {
 417         int preference = getUShort(pos);
 418         pos += 2;
 419         DnsName name = decodeName(pos);
 420         return (preference + " " + name);
 421     }
 422 
 423     /*
 424      * Returns the rdata of an SOA record that is encoded at msg[pos].
 425      */
 426     private String decodeSoa(int pos) throws CommunicationException {
 427         DnsName mname = new DnsName();
 428         pos = decodeName(pos, mname);
 429         DnsName rname = new DnsName();
 430         pos = decodeName(pos, rname);
 431 
 432         long serial = getUInt(pos);
 433         pos += 4;
 434         long refresh = getUInt(pos);
 435         pos += 4;
 436         long retry = getUInt(pos);
 437         pos += 4;
 438         long expire = getUInt(pos);
 439         pos += 4;
 440         long minimum = getUInt(pos);    // now used as negative TTL
 441         pos += 4;
 442 
 443         return (mname + " " + rname + " " + serial + " " +
 444                 refresh + " " + retry + " " + expire + " " + minimum);
 445     }
 446 
 447     /*
 448      * Returns the rdata of an SRV record that is encoded at msg[pos].
 449      * See RFC 2782.
 450      */
 451     private String decodeSrv(int pos) throws CommunicationException {
 452         int priority = getUShort(pos);
 453         pos += 2;
 454         int weight =   getUShort(pos);
 455         pos += 2;
 456         int port =     getUShort(pos);
 457         pos += 2;
 458         DnsName target = decodeName(pos);
 459         return (priority + " " + weight + " " + port + " " + target);
 460     }
 461 
 462     /*
 463      * Returns the rdata of an NAPTR record that is encoded at msg[pos].
 464      * See RFC 2915.
 465      */
 466     private String decodeNaptr(int pos) throws CommunicationException {
 467         int order = getUShort(pos);
 468         pos += 2;
 469         int preference = getUShort(pos);
 470         pos += 2;
 471         StringBuffer flags = new StringBuffer();
 472         pos += decodeCharString(pos, flags);
 473         StringBuffer services = new StringBuffer();
 474         pos += decodeCharString(pos, services);
 475         StringBuffer regexp = new StringBuffer(rdlen);
 476         pos += decodeCharString(pos, regexp);
 477         DnsName replacement = decodeName(pos);
 478 
 479         return (order + " " + preference + " " + flags + " " +
 480                 services + " " + regexp + " " + replacement);
 481     }
 482 
 483     /*
 484      * Returns the rdata of a TXT record that is encoded at msg[pos].
 485      * The rdata consists of one or more <character-string>s.
 486      */