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Advanced, easy to use, asynchronous-capable DNS client
library and utilities.
-
+
-
+
@@ -92,6 +91,26 @@ usage message for a summary of its capabilities.
+
Forthcoming:
+
+I hope that future versions may also have the following features:
+
+
+
+
The library should be useable by threads in a multithreaded
+program in a natural way. It should multiplex many threads' queries
+through a single query socket.
+
+
IPv6 support.
+
+
Some kind of awareness of DNSSEC.
+
+
Possibly some very limited caching behaviour.
+
+
There was, at one point, a draft native Perl interface from Tony Finch.
+
+
+
Documentation
I'm afraid there is no manual yet. However, competent C programmers
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message for adnshost (currently there is no manual, sorry).
All versions released so far are also available via
anonymous
- FTP and HTTP,
-
A mirror of my CVS repository is available via rsync from
+ FTP and HTTP.
+
+
+You can also access the project CVS repositories:
+
+
A mirror of the source code repository is available via rsync from
rsync.chiark.greenend.org.uk::ftp/users/ian/cvs-pub/adns
(use FTP first to find your way around), or via
cvsweb.
+
This web page is maintained in
+ Savannah,
+ where you can browse the
+ webpage CVS.
adns is also available from the
@@ -173,7 +200,7 @@ C++ by Jarle Aase.
Copyright and licensing
-adns is Copyright 1997-2000 Ian Jackson, Copyright
+adns is Copyright 1997-2001 Ian Jackson, Copyright
1999-2000 Tony Finch, and Copyright (C) 1991 Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
@@ -216,7 +243,7 @@ software by me.
site or mirror home page
-This web page is Copyright (C)1996-2000 Ian Jackson. See the
+This web page is Copyright (C)1996-2001 Ian Jackson. See the
Copyright/acknowledgements.