- adns
+ GNU adns
Advanced, easy to use, asynchronous-capable DNS client library.
Forthcoming:
I hope that future versions may also have the following features:
- * The library will be useable by threads in a multithreaded program
- in a natural way. It will multiplex many threads' queries through
- a single query socket.
- * Limited caching behaviour.
+ * 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.
- (Technical note: adns requires a real nameserver like BIND running on
- the same system or a nearby one, which must be willing to provide
- `recursive service'. I.e., adns is a `stub resolver'. All properly
- configured UN*X and GNU systems will already have such nameserver(s);
- they are usually listed in /etc/resolv.conf.)
+ (Technical note: adns requires a real nameserver like [1]BIND or
+ [2]Dents running on the same system or a nearby one, which must be
+ willing to provide `recursive service'. I.e., adns is a `stub
+ resolver'. All properly configured UN*X and GNU systems will already
+ have such nameserver(s); they are usually listed in /etc/resolv.conf.)
+
+Documentation
+
+ I'm afraid there is no manual yet. However, competent C programmers
+ should be able to use the library based on the commented [3]adns.h
+ header file (from version 0.4).
Feedback
- If you are subscribed to adns-discuss please send bug reports there;
- otherwise mail them to adns-bugreports@chiark.greenend.org.uk.
+ I'd be pleased if you would let me know if you're using my library in
+ your project, and what you think of it.
+
+ If you are subscribed to adns-discuss please send feedback, including
+ bug reports, there; otherwise send mail to
+ adns-bugreports@chiark.greenend.org.uk. If you'd prefer that your
+ message wasn't forwarded to the adns-bugreports list, send it to
+ adns-maint@chiark.greendend.org.uk.
Mailinglists
important bugs, new versions, &c. The bug reports address mentioned
above is also a mailing list; feel free to subscribe to it.
- There are [1]archives and subscription web pages, or you can subscribe
+ There are [4]archives and subscription web pages, or you can subscribe
by sending mail containing the word `subscribe' to
adns-announce-REQUEST@chiark.greenend.org.uk or
adns-discuss-REQUEST@chiark.greenend.org.uk.
Download
- Available for download from [2]chiark.greenend.org.uk are:
- * The [3]current pre-release version as a gzipped tarfile.
- * All released versions are also available via [4]anonymous FTP.
+ Available for download from [5]chiark.greenend.org.uk are:
+ * The [6]current pre-release version as a gzipped tarfile.
+ * [7]adns.h API header file with comments (currently there is no
+ manual, sorry).
+ * All versions released so far are also available via [8]anonymous
+ FTP.
+ * A mirror of my CVS 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).
- adns is also available from the GNU Project FTP servers and their
- mirrors.
+ adns is also available from the [9]GNU Project FTP servers and their
+ [10]mirrors.
Copyright and licensing
This program and documentation is distributed in the hope that it will
be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty
- of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the [5]GNU
- General Public License for more details.
+ of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the
+ [11]GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with adns, or one should be available above; if not, write to
- the [6]Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
+ the [12]Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307, USA, or email adns-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk.
_________________________________________________________________
- [7]Ian Jackson / [8]adns-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk; more [9]free
+ [13]Ian Jackson / [14]adns-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk; more [15]free
software by me.
- [10]GNU home page; [11]site or mirror home page
+ [16]GNU home page; [17]chiark home page; [18]site or mirror home page
This web page is Copyright (C)1996-1999 Ian Jackson. See the
- [12]Copyright/acknowledgements.
+ [19]Copyright/acknowledgements.
- Use any browser - [13]Campaign for a non-browser-specific WWW
+ Use any browser - [20]Campaign for a non-browser-specific WWW
References
- 1. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo
- 2. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/
- 3. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.tar.gz
- 4. ftp://ftp.chiark.greenend.org.uk/users/ian/userv/
- 5. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/COPYING.txt
- 6. http://www.fsf.org/
- 7. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/
- 8. mailto:adns-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk
- 9. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/software/
- 10. http://www.gnu.org/
- 11. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/
- 12. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/sw-www-copy.html
- 13. http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/
+ 1. http://www.isc.org/view.cgi?/products/BIND/index.phtml
+ 2. http://www.dents.org/
+ 3. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.h.0.4.txt
+ 4. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo
+ 5. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/
+ 6. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.tar.gz
+ 7. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.h.0.5.txt
+ 8. ftp://ftp.chiark.greenend.org.uk/users/ian/adns/
+ 9. http://www.gnu.org/
+ 10. http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
+ 11. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/COPYING.txt
+ 12. http://www.fsf.org/
+ 13. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/
+ 14. mailto:adns-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk
+ 15. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/software/
+ 16. http://www.gnu.org/
+ 17. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/
+ 18. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/
+ 19. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/sw-www-copy.html
+ 20. http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/
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