+/**
+ * Parse a DNS CERT record.
+ *
+ * @param udp_payload reference to UDP packet
+ * @param udp_payload_length length of @a udp_payload
+ * @param off pointer to the offset of the query to parse in the CERT record (to be
+ * incremented by the size of the record), unchanged on error
+ * @return the parsed CERT record, NULL on error
+ */
+struct GNUNET_DNSPARSER_CertRecord *
+GNUNET_DNSPARSER_parse_cert (const char *udp_payload,
+ size_t udp_payload_length,
+ size_t *off);
+
+
+/**
+ * Parse a DNS MX record.
+ *
+ * @param udp_payload reference to UDP packet
+ * @param udp_payload_length length of @a udp_payload
+ * @param off pointer to the offset of the query to parse in the MX record (to be
+ * incremented by the size of the record), unchanged on error
+ * @return the parsed MX record, NULL on error
+ */
+struct GNUNET_DNSPARSER_MxRecord *
+GNUNET_DNSPARSER_parse_mx (const char *udp_payload,
+ size_t udp_payload_length,
+ size_t *off);
+
+
+/**
+ * Parse a DNS SRV record.
+ *
+ * @param udp_payload reference to UDP packet
+ * @param udp_payload_length length of @a udp_payload
+ * @param off pointer to the offset of the query to parse in the SRV record (to be
+ * incremented by the size of the record), unchanged on error
+ * @return the parsed SRV record, NULL on error
+ */
+struct GNUNET_DNSPARSER_SrvRecord *
+GNUNET_DNSPARSER_parse_srv (const char *udp_payload,
+ size_t udp_payload_length,
+ size_t *off);
+
+/* ***************** low-level deallocation API ******************** */
+
+/**
+ * Free the given DNS record.
+ *
+ * @param r record to free
+ */