X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.html;h=86b4265398ded35577fd7ca98f51eed4177a97f5;hp=760c2780411168d5bc9c82bf54156d3cc5db7d19;hb=960c132083e09a68b2de545cca87357b43732105;hpb=aa3ffb57294018bc66aabe1df8960643c397a449 diff --git a/README.html b/README.html index 760c278..86b4265 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 @@ -144,11 +163,19 @@ are: 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 @@ -166,11 +193,24 @@ 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

+ +

Python bindings + by Andy Dustman. +
Haskell bindings + by Peter Simons. +
liboop event loop library + (by Dan Egnor) has a built-in binding for adns. +
port to MS Visual Studio 6 C++ + by Jarle Aase. +

Copyright and licensing

-adns is Copyright 1997-2000 Ian Jackson, Copyright -1999-2000 Tony Finch, and Copyright (C) 1991 Massachusetts Institute -of Technology. +adns is Copyright 1997-2000,2003,2006 Ian Jackson, +Copyright 1999-2000,2003,2006 Tony Finch, and Copyright (C) 1991 +Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

@@ -211,7 +251,7 @@ software by me. site or mirror home page