X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.html;h=fe0461da119f7cebff6d0da05f5013848da0e56d;hb=e5d88f7d1af324f3ac3a1f8380090e0327211812;hp=9e251d292e4b551952d64fda5179066258bb47fe;hpb=b6922f888d323a1f78570d8735400c06ee3b31e3;p=adns.git diff --git a/README.html b/README.html index 9e251d2..fe0461d 100644 --- a/README.html +++ b/README.html @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ - - -adns - advanced, alternative, asynchronous resolver +adns - advanced, alternative, asynchronous resolver +

GNU adns

@@ -9,14 +8,14 @@ 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 @@ -140,15 +159,23 @@ are: release as a gzipped tarfile.

adns.h API header file with comments, and - usage + usage 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 @@ -166,9 +193,14 @@ the same system or a nearby one, which must be willing to provide configured UN*X and GNU systems will already have such nameserver(s); they are usually listed in /etc/resolv.conf. +

References and related projects

+ +There is a port to MS Visual Studio 6 +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. @@ -211,7 +243,7 @@ software by me. site or mirror home page