ldns_pkt3

Usage

Overview

ldns_pkt
DNS packet

This structure contains a complete DNS packet (either a query or an answer)

It is the complete representation of what you actually send to a
nameserver, and what it sends back (assuming you are the client here).
struct ldns_struct_pkt
{

Header section:

ldns_hdr *_header;

/* extra items needed in a packet */

an rdf (A or AAAA) with the IP address of the server it is from:

ldns_rdf *_answerfrom;

Timestamp of the time the packet was sent or created:

struct timeval timestamp;

The duration of the query this packet is an answer to:

uint32_t _querytime;

The size of the wire format of the packet in octets:

size_t _size;

Optional tsig rr:

ldns_rr *_tsig_rr;

EDNS0 available buffer size, see RFC2671:

uint16_t _edns_udp_size;

EDNS0 Extended rcode:

uint8_t _edns_extended_rcode;

EDNS Version:

uint8_t _edns_version;

/* OPT pseudo-RR presence flag */

uint8_t _edns_present;

Reserved EDNS data bits:

uint16_t _edns_z;

Arbitrary EDNS rdata:

ldns_rdf *_edns_data;

Structed EDNS data:

ldns_edns_option_list *_edns_list;

Question section:

ldns_rr_list *_question;

Answer section:

ldns_rr_list *_answer;

Authority section:

ldns_rr_list *_authority;

Additional section:

ldns_rr_list *_additional;
};
typedef struct ldns_struct_pkt ldns_pkt;

ldns_pkt_section()

ldns_pkt_type()

Remarks

This manpage was automatically generated from the ldns source code.