DNS server log parser

Sharing a little program we used to analyze DNS log files of Microsoft Windows Server (DNS debug logging turned on with default settings).

microsoft dns logs parser
Microsoft DNS server logs parser

It takes one parameter – path to the log file, reads and proceses the file and then displays stats about recieved DNS requests.

The result is two tables:
– Distinct list of DNS clients IPs
– List of FQDNs resolved by each DNS client

script can be downloaded here

As always – use it on your own risk.

WARNING! don’t run it on production systems. It read all log file to memory (for performance reasons)
what can cause problems in certain situations.


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