NAME

BGPmon::CPM::Prefix::Finder - BGPmon Prefix Search Subroutines

This modules enables the expansion of domain names into a series of related IP addresses and prefixes.

SYNOPSIS

use BGPmon::CPM::Prefix::Finder

EXPORT

expandDomainToIPs expandWhois expandIP orghandle2nets netname2prefixes inetnum2prefixes

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

expandWhois

  Input: Array of IP addresses
  Output: Hash of Prefixes

expandIP

This subroutine looks into the whois databases and Input: ip address Output: a hash with as many of the following keys as possible "netname","inetnum","descr","country","orgid","source","netname", "orgname","orghandle"

inetnum2prefixes

This subroutine expands an inetnum into a list of prefixes that cover the space.

Input: inetnum Output: array of prefixes

netname2prefixes

This subroutine expands a netname to a list of prefixes

Input: source and netname Output: array of prefixes

orghandle2nets

Input: orghandle Output: array of nets

expandDomainToIPs

Expands a domain name to a list of IPs. The expansion can be controlled throug the following options. follow_NS => include name servers in the expansion follow_CNAME => include domain names linked through CNAMES follow_MX => include mail exchange servers follow_SOA => include the primary authoritative nameserver only_A => only include IPv4 only_AAAA => only include IPv6 By default the code follows all of the above record types and includes both IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses.

Input: a domain name Output: a hash of IP addresses each IP address has 2 hashes associated with it 1. 'domains' and 2. 'search_strings'

AUTHOR

Catherine Olschanowsky, <cathie at cs.colostate.edu>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to <bgpmon@netsec.colostate.edu>.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc BGPmon::CPM::Prefix::Finder

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2012 Colorado State University

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
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    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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    NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
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    WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
    OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.\

    File: Finder.pm

    Authors:  Cathie Olschanowsky
    Date: September 21, 2012

cpanm BGPmon::CPM::Prefix::Finder

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install BGPmon::CPM::Prefix::Finder