dnsjit.core.object.dns.label

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

dnsjit.core.object.dns(3)

AUTHORS and CONTRIBUTORS

Jerry Lundström (DNS-OARC), Tomáš KÅÞek (CZ.NIC), Petr Å paÄek (ISC)

Maintained by DNS-OARC

https://www.dns-oarc.net/

BUGS

For issues and feature requests please use:

https://github.com/DNS-OARC/dnsjit/issues

For question and help please use:

admin@dns-oarc.net