len =
dns_domain_length(dn);
char
*dn;
unsigned int
len;
dns_domain_equal(dn,
dn2);
char
*dn;
char
*dn2;
dns_domain_copy(&dn,
in);
char
*dn
= 0;
char
*in;
dns_domain_fromdot(&dn,
buf, len);
char
*dn
= 0;
char
*buf;
unsigned int
len;
A component is packet-encoded as a self-delimiting sequence of bytes, the first byte being the length of the component, the remaining bytes being the bytes in the component. A DNS domain name is packet-encoded as a sequence of bytes obtained by concatenating the encodings of the components and a terminating \0. Beware that \0 can appear inside components. The total length of a packet-encoded DNS domain name is between 1 and 255 inclusive.
dns_domain_length returns the number of bytes in the packet-encoded DNS name that dn points to.
dns_domain_equal compares the packet-encoded DNS names that dn and dn2 point to. It returns 1 if the names are the same, 0 if not. Lowercase ASCII and uppercase ASCII are considered the same.
dns_domain_copy reads the packet-encoded DNS name that in points to, copies the name into dynamically allocated space, points dn to that space, and returns 1. If not enough memory is available, dns_domain_copy returns 0, setting errno appropriately, and leaves dn alone.
You can call dns_domain_copy repeatedly. If dn is nonzero, dns_domain_copy frees it before replacing it with the new pointer. Initially dn must be 0.
dns_domain_fromdot reads a dot-encoded DNS name of length len from buf, copies the name in packet-encoded format into dynamically allocated space, points dn to that space, and returns 1.
If buf violates DNS name length restrictions, or if not enough memory is available, dns_domain_fromdot leaves dn alone and returns 0, setting errno appropriately.
Like dns_domain_copy, dns_domain_fromdot frees dn before changing it, if dn is nonzero.
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