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| dnsjit.core.object.dns.label(3) | Library Functions Manual | dnsjit.core.object.dns.label(3) |
NAME¶
dnsjit.core.object.dns.label - Container of a DNS label
DESCRIPTION¶
The object that describes a DNS label. To extract a domain name label first check that have_dn is set, then use offset + 1 to indicate where in the payload the label start and length for how many bytes long it is.
Attributes¶
- is_end
- have_length
- Set if there is a length.
- have_offset
- Set if there is an offset.
- have_extension_bits
- Set if there is extension bits.
- have_dn
- Set if the label contained a domain name.
- extension_bits
- The extension bits.
- length
- The length of the domain name.
- offset
- If have_dn is set then this contains the offset within the payload to where this label start otherwise it contains the offset to another label.
Functions¶
- Label.new(size)
- Create a new array of labels.
- Label.tostring(dns, labels, num_labels, offset_labels)
- Returns labels as a string and an offset to the next label. The string may be nil if the first label was an offset. The offset may be nil if the last label was an extension bits or end marker.
- Label.tooffstr(dns, labels, num_labels, offset_labels)
- Returns labels as a string which also includes a textual notation of the offset in the form of <offset>label.
SEE ALSO¶
AUTHORS and CONTRIBUTORS¶
Jerry Lundström (DNS-OARC), Tomáš Křížek (CZ.NIC), Petr Špaček (ISC)
Maintained by DNS-OARC
BUGS¶
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For question and help please use:
admin@dns-oarc.net
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