Full description
This package implements an API for accessing
the [Domain Name Service (DNS)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1035)
resolver service via the standard @libresolv@ system library (whose
API is often available directly via the standard @libc@ C library) on
Unix systems.
This package also includes support for decoding message record types
as defined in the following RFCs:
- [RFC 1035](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1035): Domain Names - Implementation And Specification
- [RFC 1183](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1183): New DNS RR Definitions
- [RFC 2782](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2782): A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
- [RFC 2915](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2915): The Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) DNS Resource Record
- [RFC 3596](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3596): DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6
- [RFC 4034](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034): Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions
- [RFC 4255](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4255): Using DNS to Securely Publish Secure Shell (SSH) Key Fingerprints
- [RFC 4408](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4408): Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for Authorizing Use of Domains in E-Mail, Version 1
- [RFC 5155](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5155): DNS Security (DNSSEC) Hashed Authenticated Denial of Existence
- [RFC 6844](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6844): DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) Resource Record
- [RFC 6891](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6891): Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS(0))
- [RFC 7553](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7553): The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) DNS Resource Record
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