Net::DNS::Lite3pm

A pure-perl dns resolver with support for timeout

Usage

    use Net::DNS::Lite qw(inet_aton);
    # drop-in replacement for Socket::inet_aton
    $Net::DNS::Lite::TIMEOUT = 5; # global timeout variable
    my $addr = inet_aton("www.google.com");
    # or per-query timeout
    my $addr = inet_aton("www.google.com", $timeout_in_seconds);

Overview

This module provides a replacement function for Socket::inet_aton, with support for timeouts.

Configuration variables

$Net::DNS::Lite::TIMEOUT

maximum time (in seconds) inet_aton will block (default: 10)

$Net::DNS::Lite::CACHE

if set, Net::DNS::Lite will cache the DNS responses internally using the supplied cache object. The cache object should support "get", "set", and "remove" functions (default: none)

$Net::DNS::Lite::CACHE_TTL

maximum ttl of the cached entries (in seconds). Only has effect when $Net::DNS::Lite::CACHE is set.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 1 time.

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