NAME

Net::DNS::Resolver::Recurse - DNS recursive resolver

SYNOPSIS

use Net::DNS::Resolver::Recurse;
my $resolver = new Net::DNS::Resolver::Recurse();
$resolver->hints('198.41.0.4');     # A.ROOT-SERVER.NET.
my $packet = $resolver->send( 'www.rob.com.au.', 'A' );

DESCRIPTION

This module resolves queries by following the delegation path from the DNS root.

METHODS

This module inherits almost all the methods from Net::DNS::Resolver. Additional module-specific methods are described below.

hints

This method specifies a list of the IP addresses of nameservers to be used to discover the addresses of the root nameservers.

$resolver->hints(@ip);

If no hints are passed, the priming query is directed to nameservers drawn from a built-in list of IP addresses.

query, search, send

The query(), search() and send() methods produce the same result as their counterparts in Net::DNS::Resolver.

$packet = $resolver->send( 'www.example.com.', 'A' );

Server-side recursion is suppressed by clearing the recurse flag in query packets and recursive name resolution is performed explicitly.

The query() and search() methods are inherited from Net::DNS::Resolver and invoke send() indirectly.

callback

This method specifies a code reference to a subroutine, which is then invoked at each stage of the recursive lookup.

For example to emulate dig's "+trace" function:

my $coderef = sub {
    my $packet = shift;
    printf ";; Received %d bytes from %s\n\n",
            $packet->answersize, $packet->answerfrom;
};
$resolver->callback($coderef);

The callback subroutine is not called for queries for missing glue records.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This package is an improved and compatible reimplementation of the Net::DNS::Resolver::Recurse.pm created by Rob Brown in 2002, whose contribution is gratefully acknowledged.

COPYRIGHT

LICENSE

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