From: bbense+comp.lang.perl.modul...@shred.stanford.edu
Subject: Re: RFC: DNS resolver module
Date: 1997/01/22
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sender: bbe...@shred.stanford.edu
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In article <5c1jej$...@nova.dimensional.com>,
Michael Fuhr <mf...@dimensional.com> wrote:
>I've been working on a general interface to the DNS resolver,
>allowing the programmer to look up any record type instead of
>just A (gethostbyname) and PTR (gethostbyaddr).  I hope to have
>it finished by the end of Jan 1997; in the meantime, there's
>some info about it at:
>
>    http://www.dimensional.com/~mfuhr/perldns/
>
>Although the module isn't available yet, there are a few manpages that
>show what you'll be able to do.  The Net::DNS and Net::DNS::Resolver
>manpages have some code fragments as examples.
>
>I originally called the module DNS but my current choice is Net::DNS,
>which seems more consistent with the modules for other protocols such
>as Net::FTP, Net::SMTP, etc.  I'm open to other suggestions.
>
>I'd appreciate any feedback on the info I've provided so far.  Thanks.


- - You should look at Roland Schemer's lbnamed code. It implements a DNS 
server in perl. It is available via

  http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~schemers/dist/lb.tar 

- - It includes a DNS.pm , but it should probably be renamed to Net::DNS. 
My one quibble about the Net stuff is that it does not distinguish between
server and client code for the various protocols. 

- - Booker C. Bense : bbe...@stanford.edu 

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