Developing against libbind

[Andy Shellam]

Hi Jaap,

Jaap Akkerhuis wrote:
>     
>     "man resolver" just gets me the documentation of how to use 
>     /etc/resolver.conf - what I'm looking for is some documentation of an 
>     API to resolve DNS names, including A, MX, PTR and SRV records from a C 
>     application we're developing.  I've read about Bind's resolver library 
>     and was hoping to use that.
>     
>     e.g.
>     - Our application links to bind resolver library to process DNS calls
>     - The bind library contacts the local lwresd, which gets the info from 
>     the DNS (our nameservers, which run Bind 9.5)
>     - The bind library passes the result back to the application
>
> You might consider using the NLnet Labs lib dns library. See
> http://nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ for details.
>   
Thanks for this info.  I've had a quick look around your website.  Is 
this open-source, and what are the licensing terms for this library?

It certainly looks like it will do the job for me.  I would have 
preferred to use the bind libraries, and if anyone can point out any 
documentation/pointers in the meantime I'll gladly give it a whirl.  
It's safe to say I'm still a novice when it comes to C, which is why at 
the moment I prefer to read documentation rather than already-written code.
> 	jaap
>
> Disclaimer: I do work for NLnet Labs.
>   

Regards,

Andy