Subject: Re: Extending EDNS support in c-ares for sub-options

Re: Extending EDNS support in c-ares for sub-options

From: David Drysdale <drysdale_at_google.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:09:31 +0100

Hi,

I've got some code ready for this change, if anyone would like to see
something more concrete.

Is there a preferred format -- patch sent to the mailing list, or a Github
pull request?

Thanks,
David

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:45 AM, David Drysdale <drysdale_at_google.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed that c-ares has recently been enhanced to support the EDNS OPT
> pseudo-RR (many thanks Ghennadi!). However, I'd like to also use the
> sub-option mechanism described in RFC2671 s4.4, which it doesn't look like
> the patch supports.
>
> Is there interest in a patch I'm preparing to add support for this?
>
> (If there is, I guess it would be nice to get it included before 1.10.0
> gets released, because it will probably involve another API change to add
> extra parameters to the new ares_create_query() function. Any hints on how
> long I've got before 1.10 becomes official?)
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
Received on 2012-10-22