[pingcheck] / src / dns / dnsresolver.cpp

/*
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 Christian Herdtweck, Intra2net AG 2015

 with code copied from boost::net::dns::resolve.hpp
 by Andreas Haberstroh (andreas at ibusy dot com)
    from https://github.com/softwareace/Boost.DNS
 */

#include "dns/dnsresolver.h"

#include <stdint.h>
#include <sstream>

#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
#include <boost/bind.hpp>
#include <boost/function.hpp>
#include <boost/net/dns.hpp>
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
#include <boost/uuid/uuid.hpp>
#include <boost/uuid/uuid_io.hpp>

#include <logfunc.hpp>

using I2n::Logger::GlobalLogger;
using boost::posix_time::seconds;

namespace Config
{
    const int ResolveTimeoutSeconds = 2;
    const int PauseBeforeRetrySeconds = 1;
    const int StaleDataLongtermSeconds = 5*60;
    const int DNS_PORT = 53;
}

DnsResolver::DnsResolver(IoServiceItem &io_serv,
                         const std::string &hostname,
                         const DnsIpProtocol &protocol,
                         const DnsCacheItem cache,
                         const boost::asio::ip::address &name_server)
    : ResolverBase( io_serv, hostname, cache )
    , Socket( *io_serv, ip::udp::endpoint(ip::udp::v4(), 0))
        // just connect to anything, will specify sender/receiver later
    , ReceiveBuffer()
    , RequestBuffer()
    , Protocol( protocol )
    , NameServer( name_server, Config::DNS_PORT )
    , ResolveTimeoutTimer( *io_serv )
    , PauseBeforeRetryTimer( *io_serv )
    , StaleDataLongtermTimer( *io_serv )
    , NextIpIndex( 0 )
    , RetryCount( 0 )
    , IsResolving( false )
    , LogPrefix( "DnsResolver" )
    , RandomIdGenerator()
    , RequestId( 0 )
    , OperationCancelled( false )
    , LongtermTimerIsActive( false )
{
    std::stringstream temp;
    temp << "Dns(" << ResolverBase::Hostname << "): ";
    LogPrefix = temp.str();

}

DnsResolver::~DnsResolver()
{
    boost::system::error_code error;
    //Socket.shutdown(boost::asio::ip::udp::socket::shutdown_both, error);
    //if ( error )
    //    GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix << "Received error " << error
    //                           << " when shutting down socket for DNS";
    // in IcmpPinger always gave an error system:9 (EBADF: Bad file descriptor)
    // Here gives error system:107 ENOTCONN: Transport endpoint is not connected

    Socket.close(error);
    if ( error )
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix << "Received error " << error
                               << " when closing socket for DNS";
}


//==============================================================================
// ASYNC RESOLVE
//==============================================================================

/**
 * copied here code from boost::net::dns::resolve.hpp, since want async
 * operation and that is used only internally, there
 */
void DnsResolver::do_resolve()
{
    // check if resolving already
    if (IsResolving)
    {
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix
            << "Call to do_resolve ignored since resolving already";
        return;
    }
    IsResolving = true;
    OperationCancelled = false;

    GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "start resolving for IPs of type "
        << to_string(Protocol) << " using name server " << NameServer;

    // just to be sure: cancel timers
    ResolveTimeoutTimer.cancel();
    PauseBeforeRetryTimer.cancel();
    StaleDataLongtermTimer.cancel();
    LongtermTimerIsActive = false;

    // create DNS request
    boost::net::dns::message dns_message( ResolverBase::Hostname, Protocol );
    dns_message.recursive(true);
    dns_message.action(boost::net::dns::message::query);
    dns_message.opcode(boost::net::dns::message::squery);

    // create random ID for message
    boost::uuids::uuid message_id = RandomIdGenerator();
    memcpy( &RequestId, message_id.data, sizeof(RequestId) );
    dns_message.id( RequestId );
    GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "Request has ID "
                               << std::showbase << std::hex << dns_message.id();

    // setup receipt of reply
    Socket.async_receive_from(
            boost::asio::buffer(ReceiveBuffer.get_array()),
            NameServer,
            boost::bind( &DnsResolver::handle_dns_result, this,
                         boost::asio::placeholders::error,
                         boost::asio::placeholders::bytes_transferred)
    );

    // schedule timeout
    (void) ResolveTimeoutTimer.expires_from_now(
                                        seconds(Config::ResolveTimeoutSeconds));
    ResolveTimeoutTimer.async_wait( boost::bind(
                                      &DnsResolver::handle_resolve_timeout,
                                      this, boost::asio::placeholders::error) );

    // send dns request
    dns_message.encode(RequestBuffer);
    size_t bytes_sent;
    try
    {
        bytes_sent = Socket.send_to(
                                boost::asio::buffer(RequestBuffer.get_array()),
                                NameServer );
    }
    catch (boost::system::system_error &err)
    {
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix
                               << "Sending of DNS request message failed: "
                               << err.what();
        schedule_retry();
        return;
    }

    if ( bytes_sent == 0 )
    {
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix << "Empty DNS request sent!";
        schedule_retry();
        return;
    }
}


void DnsResolver::handle_dns_result(const boost::system::error_code &error,
                                    const std::size_t bytes_transferred)
{
    if (error)
    {
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "DNS resolve resulted in error "
                            << error << " --> request retry";
        schedule_retry();
        return;
    }
    else if ( OperationCancelled )
    {   // async_resolve was cancelled --> callbacks already called
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix
                            << "Ignoring DNS results since we were cancelled";
        return;
    }

    GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "Handling DNS result ("
                         << bytes_transferred << " bytes transferred)";

    // next 3(+1) lines copied from boost/net/dns/resolver.hpp:
    // clamp the recvBuffer with the number of bytes transferred or decode buffr
    ReceiveBuffer.length(bytes_transferred);
    boost::net::dns::message result_message;
    result_message.decode( ReceiveBuffer );

    // check ID
    if (RequestId != result_message.id())
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix << "Received answer for request ID "
           << std::showbase << std::hex << result_message.id()
           << " but expected ID " << RequestId;
    else
        GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "Result has correct ID "
                                      << std::showbase << std::hex << RequestId;
    RequestId = 0;

    // loop over answers, remembering ips and cnames
    // work with a regular pointer to list of answers since result_message is
    //   owner of data and that exists until end of function
    // Items in answers list are shared_ptr to resource_base_t
    std::vector<host_addr_pair> result_ips;
    std::vector<src_cname_pair> result_cnames;
    std::vector<string_pair> result_name_servers;

    GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix <<"Checking ANSWERS section of dns reply";
    gather_results(result_message.answers(), &result_ips, &result_cnames,
                                                          &result_name_servers);
    // results should have the logical order
    // Hostname [ --> cname1 --> cname2 --> ... --> cnameN ] [ --> ips ]

    // remember cname list (if there were any)
    BOOST_FOREACH( const src_cname_pair &host_and_cname, result_cnames )
        ResolverBase::update_cache(host_and_cname.first, host_and_cname.second);

    if ( !result_ips.empty() )
        handle_ips( result_ips );
    else if ( !result_cnames.empty() )
        // no IPs but at least one cname --> find the "last" cname and
        // re-start resolving with that
        handle_cname(result_cnames);
    else
    {   // no answers --> cannot proceed
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix << "No IP nor CNAME received! "
                               << "--> request retry";
        schedule_retry();
    }
}

/**
 * gather IPs, CNAMEs and name servers from list of resource records;
 *
 * can be run on anwers(), autorities() and additional() sections of dns reply
 * messages
 * 
 * @param rr_list: input list of resource records
 * @param result_ips: output vector of ips
 * @param result_cnames: output vector of cnames
 * @param result_name_servers: output vector of name servers
 */
void DnsResolver::gather_results(const boost::net::dns::rr_list_t *rr_list,
                                 std::vector<host_addr_pair> *result_ips,
                                 std::vector<src_cname_pair> *result_cnames,
                                 std::vector<string_pair> *result_name_servers)
                                                                           const
{
    using boost::net::dns::resource_base_t;
    boost::posix_time::ptime now =boost::posix_time::second_clock::local_time();
    BOOST_FOREACH( boost::shared_ptr<resource_base_t> rr_item, *rr_list )
    {
        boost::net::dns::type_t rr_type = rr_item->rtype();
        uint32_t ttl = rr_item->ttl();
        std::string domain = rr_item->domain();
        std::string expiry =
                        boost::posix_time::to_simple_string(now + seconds(ttl));

        if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_a)
        {    // 'A' resource records carry IPv4 addresses
            if (Protocol == DNS_IPv6)
            {
                GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "Ignoring IPv4 address "
                        << "because resolver was configured to only use IPv6.";
                continue;
            }
            boost::asio::ip::address_v4 ip =
                ( dynamic_cast<boost::net::dns::a_resource *> (rr_item.get()) )
                ->address();
            result_ips->push_back(host_addr_pair(domain, HostAddress(ip, ttl)));
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << domain << ": IPv4 " << ip
                                 << " with TTL " << ttl << "s (until "
                                 << expiry << ")";
        }
        else if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_a6)
        {   // 'AAAA' resource records carry IPv6 addresses
            if (Protocol == DNS_IPv4)
            {
                GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "Ignoring IPv6 address "
                        << "because resolver was configured to only use IPv4.";
                continue;
            }
            boost::asio::ip::address_v6 ip =
                ( dynamic_cast<boost::net::dns::a6_resource *> (rr_item.get()) )
                ->address();
            result_ips->push_back(host_addr_pair(domain, HostAddress(ip, ttl)));
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << domain << ": IPv6 " << ip
                                 << " with TTL " << ttl << "s (until "
                                 << expiry << ")";
        }
        else if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_cname)
        {   // 'CNAME' resource records that carry aliases
            std::string cname =
                (dynamic_cast<boost::net::dns::cname_resource *>(rr_item.get()))
                ->canonicalname();
            result_cnames->push_back( src_cname_pair(domain,
                                                     Cname(cname, ttl)) );
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << domain << ": CNAME to "
                                 << cname << " with TTL " << ttl << "s (until "
                                 << expiry << ")";
        }
        else if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_ns)
        {   // NS (name_server) resource records
            std::string name_server =
                (dynamic_cast<boost::net::dns::ns_resource *>(rr_item.get()))
                ->nameserver();
            result_name_servers->push_back( string_pair(domain, name_server) );
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "NameServer " << name_server
                                 << " for " << domain << " with TTL " << ttl
                                 << "s (until " << expiry << ")";
        }
        else if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_soa)
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "SOA resource";
        else if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_ptr)
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "ptr resource";
        else if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_hinfo)
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "hinfo resource";
        else if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_mx)
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "mx resource";
        else if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_txt)
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "txt resource";
        else if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_srv)
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "srv resource";
        else if (rr_type == boost::net::dns::type_axfr)
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "axfr resource";
        else
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "unknown resource type: "
                                 << std::showbase << std::hex
                                 << static_cast<unsigned>(rr_item->rtype());
    }
}


void DnsResolver::handle_unavailable()
{
    // schedule new attempt in quite a while
    StaleDataLongtermTimer.expires_from_now(
                                     seconds(Config::StaleDataLongtermSeconds));
    StaleDataLongtermTimer.async_wait(
            boost::bind( &DnsResolver::wait_timer_timeout_handler,
                         this, boost::asio::placeholders::error
            )
    );
    LongtermTimerIsActive = true;

    // for now, admit failure
    bool was_success = false;
    finalize_resolve(was_success);
}


void DnsResolver::handle_ips(const std::vector<host_addr_pair> &result_ips)
{
    // received at least one IP which could be for the queried host name 
    // or the cname at the "end" of the cname list;
    // but all IPs should be for the same
    HostAddressVec addr_list;
    std::string only_host_for_ips = result_ips[0].first;
    BOOST_FOREACH( const host_addr_pair &host_and_addr, result_ips)
    {
        if ( host_and_addr.first != only_host_for_ips )
            GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix
                << "Received IPs for different hosts " << only_host_for_ips
                << " and " << host_and_addr.first << " in one DNS result! "
                << "--> ignore second";
        else
        {
            GlobalLogger.notice() << LogPrefix << "Found IP "
                      << host_and_addr.second.get_ip() << " with TTL "
                      << host_and_addr.second.get_ttl().get_value() << "s";
            addr_list.push_back(host_and_addr.second);
        }
    }
    ResolverBase::update_cache( only_host_for_ips, addr_list );

    // clean up
    bool was_success = true;
    finalize_resolve(was_success);
}


void DnsResolver::handle_cname(const std::vector<src_cname_pair> &result_cnames)
{
    // find the "last" cname in the list
    // Hostname --> cname1 --> cname2 --> ... --> cnameN
    // We assume here that this list might not be in order but that all cnames
    //   form a single list (form one connected list and not several isolated)

    std::string last_cname = "";
    bool could_be_last;
    BOOST_REVERSE_FOREACH( const src_cname_pair &host_and_cname, result_cnames )
    {
        could_be_last = true;
        BOOST_REVERSE_FOREACH( const src_cname_pair &other, result_cnames )
        {
            if (other.first == host_and_cname.second.Host)
            {   // found cname for current cname
                could_be_last = false;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (could_be_last)
        {
            last_cname = host_and_cname.second.Host;
            break;
        }
    }

    if (last_cname.empty())
    {
        GlobalLogger.error() << LogPrefix
            << "Could not identify \"last\" CNAME to handle -- "
            << "maybe we encountered a CNAME loop? Anyway, cannot proceed!";
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "Result CNAMEs were:";
        BOOST_FOREACH( const src_cname_pair &host_and_cname, result_cnames )
            GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << host_and_cname.first << " --> "
                                             << host_and_cname.second.Host;
        handle_unavailable();
    }
    else
    {   // check cache for IP for this cname
        bool check_up_to_date = true;
        HostAddressVec cached_data = Cache->get_ips_recursive(last_cname,
                                                              check_up_to_date);
        if ( !cached_data.empty() )
        {
            bool was_success = true;
            int cname_count = 1;  // define cache access as only 1
            finalize_resolve(was_success, cname_count);
        }
        else
        {   // get resolver for canonical name
            ResolverItem resolver = DnsMaster::get_instance()
                                    ->get_resolver_for(last_cname, Protocol);
            callback_type callback = boost::bind(
                                           &DnsResolver::cname_resolve_callback,
                                           this, _1, _2 );
            resolver->async_resolve( callback );

            // treat a CNAME as a partial result: not enough to run callbacks
            // from finalize_resolve, but enough to stop timers and reset
            // RetryCount --> name resolution can take longer
            stop_trying(true);
        }
    }
}


void DnsResolver::cname_resolve_callback(const bool was_success,
                                         const int cname_count)
{
    if ( OperationCancelled )
    {   // async_resolve was cancelled --> callbacks already called
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix
                            << "Ignoring CNAME results since we were cancelled";
        return;
    }
    else if (was_success)
    {
        GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "CNAME resolution succeeded";
        finalize_resolve(was_success, cname_count+1);
    }
    else
    {
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "CNAME resolution failed";
        // no use to schedule retry in this case since cname resolver must have
        // failed several times and we can only re-start the same procedure with
        // the same information. But can re-try later
        handle_unavailable();
    }
}


void DnsResolver::finalize_resolve(const bool was_success,
                                   const int cname_count)
{
    // some consistency checks; failure might indicate a situation I had not
    // anticipated during programming but might not be harmfull yet
    if ( !IsResolving )
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix << "Consistency check failed: "
                                            << "not resolving any more!";
    if ( OperationCancelled )
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix << "Consistency check failed: "
                                            << " was cancelled!";
    if ( ResolverBase::CallbackList.empty() )
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix << "Consistency check failed: "
                                            << "no callbacks!";
    if ( RequestId != 0 )
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix << "Consistency check failed: "
                                            << "waiting for DNS reply!";

    // stop timers
    stop_trying(was_success);

    // schedule callbacks, clearing callback list
    ResolverBase::schedule_callbacks(was_success, cname_count);

    // finalize
    GlobalLogger.notice() << LogPrefix << "finalized resolve"
                          << " with success = " << was_success
                          << " and cname_count = " << cname_count;
    IsResolving = false;
}


/**
 * arg was_success determines if stop trying forever or just for the moment
 * --> determines if we cancel StaleDataLongtermTimer or not
 */
void DnsResolver::stop_trying(bool was_success)
{
    // cancel timers
    GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "Cancelling timers";
    ResolveTimeoutTimer.cancel();
    PauseBeforeRetryTimer.cancel();

    if (was_success)
    {
        StaleDataLongtermTimer.cancel();
        LongtermTimerIsActive = false;
    }

    // clean up
    RetryCount = 0;
}


/**
 * return true if resolver is currently resolving
 *
 * Is true from call to async_resolve until callbacks
 * --> returns true if waiting for result or (short-term) retry
 *
 * However, does NOT tell you if the (long-term) stale timeout is active! 
 *   That timer has no effect on result, need to check is_waiting_to_resolve
 *   for that
 */
bool DnsResolver::is_resolving() const
{
    return IsResolving;
}


/**
 * returns true if either is_resolving or the long-term timer is active
 * 
 * is_resolving returns true if the short-term retry timer is active
 */
bool DnsResolver::is_waiting_to_resolve() const
{
    return IsResolving || LongtermTimerIsActive;
}


/**
 * cancel a earlier call to async_resolve
 *
 * callbacks will be called with was_success=false; all internal operations
 * will be cancelled and internal callbacks (timers, dns results) have no
 * effect any more; cancels also the long-term stale-data timer
 */
void DnsResolver::cancel_resolve()
{
    if ( !IsResolving && !LongtermTimerIsActive)
    {
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "Cancel called on non-resolving, "
                                         << "non-waiting resolver -- ignore";
        return;
    }
    else if (OperationCancelled)
    {
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix
               << "Cancel called on cancelled resolver -- ignore";
        return;
    }
    GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "Cancel resolver";

    // set before finalize_resolve so can check in finalize_resolve that ID is
    //   always 0; ID is not used any more since handle_dns_result stops if
    //   OperationCancelled is true
    RequestId = 0;

    if ( IsResolving )
    {
        bool was_success = false;
        int cname_count = 1;
        finalize_resolve(was_success, cname_count);
    }

    // also cancel the long-term timer
    StaleDataLongtermTimer.cancel();
    LongtermTimerIsActive = false;

    // set after finalize_resolve, so can check in finalize_resolve that 
    // OperationCancelled is never true
    OperationCancelled = true;

}


void DnsResolver::handle_resolve_timeout(const boost::system::error_code &error)
{
    if ( error ==  boost::asio::error::operation_aborted )   // cancelled
    {
        GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix
                             << "Resolve timeout timer was cancelled!";
        return;
    }
    else if (error)
    {
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix
                               << "resolve timeout handler received error "
                               << error << " --> request retry";
        schedule_retry();
    }
    else if ( OperationCancelled )
    {   // async_resolve was cancelled --> callbacks already called
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix
                            << "Ignoring DNS timeout since we were cancelled";
        return;
    }
    else
    {
        GlobalLogger.notice() << LogPrefix << "DNS resolving timed out";
        schedule_retry();
    }
}


void DnsResolver::schedule_retry()
{
    // cancel timers
    ResolveTimeoutTimer.cancel();
    PauseBeforeRetryTimer.cancel();

    // increment timer
    ++RetryCount;

    if ( RetryCount > DnsMaster::get_instance()
                      ->get_max_address_resolution_attempts() )
    {   // too many re-tries
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "Not scheduling a retry since "
                            << "RetryCount " << RetryCount << " too high";
        handle_unavailable();   // will call stop_trying i.e. reset RetryCount
    }
    else
    {   // schedule retry
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "Scheduling a retry (RetryCount="
                            << RetryCount << ")";
        PauseBeforeRetryTimer.expires_from_now(
                seconds(Config::PauseBeforeRetrySeconds));
        PauseBeforeRetryTimer.async_wait(
                boost::bind( &DnsResolver::wait_timer_timeout_handler,
                             this, boost::asio::placeholders::error) );
    }
}

void DnsResolver::wait_timer_timeout_handler(
                                         const boost::system::error_code &error)
{
    if ( error ==  boost::asio::error::operation_aborted )   // cancelled
    {   // assume that our code cancelled this timer, so callbacks will be
        // taken care of!
        GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix
                             << "Resolve wait timer was cancelled! ";
    }
    else if (error)
    {   // not sure what to do here, but callers waiting forever for a callback
        // is probably the worst thing to happen, so call finalize_resolve
        GlobalLogger.warning() << LogPrefix
                               << "resolve wait handler received error "
                               << error << "! Try to finalize resolve";
        bool was_success = false;
        finalize_resolve(was_success);
    }
    else if ( OperationCancelled )
    {   // async_resolve was cancelled --> callbacks already called
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix
                          << "Ignoring waiting timeout since we were cancelled";
        return;
    }
    else
    {
        GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "Done waiting --> re-try resolve";
        IsResolving = false;  // will be set to true immediately in do_resolve
        do_resolve();
    }
}


//==============================================================================
// RETRIEVAL
//==============================================================================

HostAddress DnsResolver::get_next_ip(bool check_up_to_date)
{
    // get cached data
    // (do not use arg check_up_to_date here in order to give NextIpIndex
    //  a chance to stay above number of outdated IPs)
    HostAddressVec cached_data = ResolverBase::get_cached_ips_recursively();

    // if no results cached, return default-constructed HostAddress (0.0.0.0)
    HostAddress return_candidate;
    if ( cached_data.empty() )
    {
        GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "Get next IP: nothing cached";
        return return_candidate;
    }

    std::size_t n_iter = 0;
    std::size_t n_ips = cached_data.size();
    uint32_t ttl_thresh = static_cast<uint32_t>( DnsMaster::get_instance()
                                            ->get_resolved_ip_ttl_threshold() );

    GlobalLogger.info() << LogPrefix << "Get next IP from cached result of "
        << n_ips << " IPs; first index to consider is " << NextIpIndex
        << "; TTL thresh=" << ttl_thresh << "s is used: " << check_up_to_date;

    // loop until we have found a cached result (that is up to date)
    //   or until we have tried all cached IPs
    while (true)
    {
        // check index since cache size may have changed since last call
        if (NextIpIndex >= n_ips)
        {
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "Reset NextIpIndex";
            NextIpIndex = 0;
        }
        else if ( n_iter >= n_ips)
        {
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "No IP found";
            return HostAddress();   // have checked all candidates
        }
        else
        {   // there are candidates left to consider
            GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "Check IP candidate at index "
                                 << NextIpIndex;
            return_candidate = cached_data[NextIpIndex++];
            if (!check_up_to_date)
            {
                GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "not checking ttl, accept";
                return return_candidate;
            }
            else if (return_candidate.get_ttl().get_updated_value()
                     > ttl_thresh)
            {
                GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "is up to date, accept";
                return return_candidate;
            }
            else
            {
                GlobalLogger.debug() << LogPrefix << "is out of date ("
                    << return_candidate.get_ttl().get_updated_value()
                    << "s <= " << ttl_thresh << "s), continue";
                ++n_iter;
            }
        }
    }
}

bool DnsResolver::have_up_to_date_ip()
{
    return get_resolved_ip_count(true) > 0;
}

int DnsResolver::get_resolved_ip_count(const bool check_up_to_date)
{
    // run with empty hostname --> uses internal var Hostname
    return ResolverBase::get_cached_ips_recursively("",check_up_to_date).size();
}