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ISC's libbind provides the standard resolver library,
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along with header files and documentation, for communicating
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with domain name servers, retrieving network host entries
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from /etc/hosts or via DNS, converting CIDR network addresses,
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perform Hesiod information lookups, retrieve network entries
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from /etc/networks, implement TSIG transaction/request
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security of DNS messages, perform name-to-address and
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address-to-name translations, utilize /etc/resolv.conf
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for resolver configuration.
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It contains many of the same historical functions and headers
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included with many Unix operating systems.
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Originally written for BIND 8, it was included in BIND 9 as
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optionally-compiled code through release 9.5. It has been
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removed from subsequent releases of BIND 9 and is now
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provided as a separate package.
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