GETRRSETBYNAME(3) BSD Programmer's Manual GETRRSETBYNAME(3)NAME
freerrset, getrrsetbyname - retrieve DNS records
SYNOPSIS
#include <netdb.h>
int
getrrsetbyname(const char *hostname, unsigned int rdclass,
unsigned int rdtype, unsigned int flags, struct rrsetinfo **res);
void
freerrset(struct rrsetinfo *rrset);
DESCRIPTIONgetrrsetbyname() gets a set of resource records associated with a
hostname, rdclass, and rdtype. hostname is a pointer to a NUL-terminated
string. The flags field is currently unused and must be zero.
After a successful call to getrrsetbyname(), *res is a pointer to an
rrsetinfo structure, containing a list of one or more rdatainfo struc-
tures containing resource records and potentially another list of
rdatainfo structures containing SIG resource records associated with
those records. The members rri_rdclass and rri_rdtype are copied from the
parameters. rri_ttl and rri_name are properties of the obtained rrset.
The resource records contained in rri_rdatas and rri_sigs are in un-
compressed DNS wire format. Properties of the rdataset are represented in
the rri_flags bitfield. If the RRSET_VALIDATED bit is set, the data has
been DNSSEC validated and the signatures verified.
The following structures are used:
struct rdatainfo {
unsigned int rdi_length; /* length of data */
unsigned char *rdi_data; /* record data */
};
struct rrsetinfo {
unsigned int rri_flags; /* RRSET_VALIDATED ... */
unsigned int rri_rdclass; /* class number */
unsigned int rri_rdtype; /* RR type number */
unsigned int rri_ttl; /* time to live */
unsigned int rri_nrdatas; /* size of rdatas array */
unsigned int rri_nsigs; /* size of sigs array */
char *rri_name; /* canonical name */
struct rdatainfo *rri_rdatas; /* individual records */
struct rdatainfo *rri_sigs; /* individual signatures */
};
All of the information returned by getrrsetbyname() is dynamically allo-
cated: the rrsetinfo and rdatainfo structures, and the canonical host
name strings pointed to by the rrsetinfo structure. Memory allocated for
the dynamically allocated structures created by a successful call to
getrrsetbyname() is released by freerrset(). rrset is a pointer to a
struct rrsetinfo created by a call to getrrsetbyname().
If the EDNS0 option is activated in resolv.conf(5), getrrsetbyname() will
request DNSSEC authentication using the EDNS0 DNSSEC OK (DO) bit.
RETURN VALUESgetrrsetbyname() returns zero on success, and one of the following error
codes if an error occurred:
[ERRSET_NONAME] The name does not exist.
[ERRSET_NODATA] The name exists, but does not have data of the desired
type.
[ERRSET_NOMEMORY]
Memory could not be allocated.
[ERRSET_INVAL] A parameter is invalid.
[ERRSET_FAIL] Other failure.
SEE ALSOresolver(3), resolv.conf(5), named(8)HISTORYgetrrsetbyname() first appeared in OpenBSD 3.0. The API first appeared in
ISC BIND version 9.
AUTHORS
Jakob Schlyter <jakob@openbsd.org>
CAVEATS
The RRSET_VALIDATED flag in rri_flags is set if the AD (authenticated
data) bit in the DNS answer is set. This flag should not be trusted un-
less the transport between the nameserver and the resolver is secure
(e.g. IPsec, trusted network, loopback communication).
BUGS
The data in *rdi_data should be returned in uncompressed wire format.
Currently, the data is in compressed format and the caller can't un-
compress since it doesn't have the full message.
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