Hi all, I am attempting to write a small DNS server that returns custom TXT record when I do: dig -t TXT -p 10053 @127.0.0.1 testdomain.com The code is as follows: ---------- #!/usr/bin/python from twisted.internet import reactor from twisted.names import client, dns, server class DynamicResolver(object): def query(self, query, timeout=None): name = query.name.name # answer = dns.RRHeader( # name = name, # payload = dns.Record_A(address=b'1.2.3.4')) answer = dns.RRHeader( name = name, payload = dns.Record_TXT(data='FirstSecond', ttl=3333)) answers = [answer] authority = [] additional = [] return answers, authority, additional def main(): factory = server.DNSServerFactory( clients = [DynamicResolver()] ) protocol = dns.DNSDatagramProtocol(controller=factory) reactor.listenUDP(10053, protocol) reactor.listenTCP(10053, factory) reactor.run() if __name__ == '__main__': main() ---------- You will notice three lines of code are commented out. They are sample code for an A record that work just fine. But the attempt at Record_TXT fails. I receive the following error when I attempt to perform the dig command: ----------- $ python servlet.py Unhandled Error Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/names/dns.py", line 2326, in datagramReceived self.controller.messageReceived(m, self, addr) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/names/server.py", line 192, in messageReceived self.handleQuery(message, proto, address) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/names/server.py", line 136, in handleQuery return self.resolver.query(query).addCallback( File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/names/common.py", line 73, in query return defer.maybeDeferred(method, query.name.name, timeout) --- <exception caught here> --- File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 139, in maybeDeferred result = f(*args, **kw) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/names/common.py", line 81, in lookupAddress return self._lookup(name, dns.IN, dns.A, timeout) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/names/resolve.py", line 79, in _lookup d = self.resolvers[0].query(q, timeout) File "servlet.py", line 16, in query payload = dns.Record_TXT(data='FirstSecond', ttl=3333)) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/names/dns.py", line 867, in __init__ assert (payload is None) or isinstance(payload, UnknownRecord) or (payload.TYPE == type) exceptions.AssertionError: ----------- I'm a little confused, because I followed the documentation as referenced here: http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/api/twisted.names.dns.Record_TXT.... Any ideas what this error means and why it is happening? Thank you, Nahraf