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diff --git a/net/adns/DESCR b/net/adns/DESCR index 1be79892a89..c1b923fbe43 100644 --- a/net/adns/DESCR +++ b/net/adns/DESCR @@ -1,26 +1,26 @@ adns is a DNS resolver library and a collection of utilities that use the library. The adns library has the following features: * It is reasonably easy to use for simple programs which just want to - translate names to addresses, look up MX records, etc. + translate names to addresses, look up MX records, etc. * It can be used in an asynchronous, non-blocking, manner. Many - queries can be handled simultaneously. + queries can be handled simultaneously. * Responses are decoded automatically into a natural representation - for a C program - there is no need to deal with DNS packet formats. + for a C program - there is no need to deal with DNS packet formats. * Sanity checking (eg, name syntax checking, reverse/forward - correspondence, CNAME pointing to CNAME) is performed automatically. + correspondence, CNAME pointing to CNAME) is performed automatically. * Time-to-live, CNAME and other similar information is returned in an - easy-to-use form, without getting in the way. + easy-to-use form, without getting in the way. * There is no global state in the library; resolver state is an opaque data structure which the client creates explicitly. A - program can have several instances of the resolver. + program can have several instances of the resolver. * Errors are reported to the application in a way that distinguishes - the various causes of failure properly. + the various causes of failure properly. * Understands conventional resolv.conf, but this can overridden by - environment variables. + environment variables. * Flexibility. For example, the application can tell adns to: ignore environment variables (for setuid programs), disable hostname syntax sanity checks to return arbitrary data, override or ignore - resolv.conf in favour of supplied configuration, etc. + resolv.conf in favour of supplied configuration, etc. * Believed to be correct ! For example, will correctly back off to TCP in case of long replies or queries, or to other nameservers if - several are available. It has sensible handling of bad responses etc. + several are available. It has sensible handling of bad responses etc. |