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A simple command-line DNS client written for a networking course.

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README		README
client.c		client.c
dns.h		dns.h
query.c		query.c
query.h		query.h
request.c		request.c
request.h		request.h
response.c		response.c
response.h		response.h

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This is a simple DNS client written for a networking course. Run "make" to build the application.

Usage: ./dnsclient [-t <timeout>] [-i <max-retries>] [-p <port>] [-ns|-mx] @<server> <name>

-t <timeout>       the max time to wait in seconds for a server to respond
-i <max-retries>   the number of times to retry a request after a failure
-p <port>          the port to connect to the DNS server
-ns                returns a list of name server records
-mx                returns a list of mail exchange records
@server            the IP address of the DNS server
name               the domain name to resolve