#include <dns.h>
len = dns_domain_length(dn);
char *dn;
unsigned int len;
A DNS domain name is a sequence of components.
Each component is a string of bytes, of length between 1 and 63 inclusive.
The total length of all the components, plus the number of components,
is between 0 and 254 inclusive.
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.
#include <dns.h>
dns_domain_equal(dn,dn2);
char *dn;
char *dn2;
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.
#include <dns.h>
dns_domain_copy(&dn,in);
char *dn = 0;
char *in;
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.
#include <dns.h>
dns_domain_fromdot(&dn,buf,len);
char *dn = 0;
char *buf;
unsigned int len;
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.