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The libbsdnet suite provides functions and documentation for communicating |
The libbsdnet suite provides functions and documentation for communicating |
with domain name servers, retrieving network host entries from |
with domain name servers, retrieving network host entries from |
/etc/hosts or via DNS, converting CIDR network addresses, performing |
/etc/hosts or via DNS, converting CIDR network addresses, performing |
Line 9 DNS messages, performing name-to-address
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translations, and utilizing /etc/resolv.conf for resolver configuration. |
translations, and utilizing /etc/resolv.conf for resolver configuration. |
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Historically, much of the code is derived from the CSRG BSD distributions, such |
Historically, much of the code is derived from the CSRG BSD distributions, such |
as the the old BSD gethostbyname() API. It was previously also maintained by ISC and distributed with BIND |
as the old BSD gethostbyname() API. It was previously also maintained by ISC and distributed with BIND |
and libbind. The handoff of the maintainership from ISC to NetBSD happened in July 2013. |
and libbind. The handoff of the maintainership from ISC to NetBSD happened in July 2013. |