From 19a49ce74a0b987b865e2ef15561e5fa71405029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Grothoff Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 17:07:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] -notes on the state of the world --- src/dns/gnunet-service-dns_new.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/dns/gnunet-service-dns_new.c b/src/dns/gnunet-service-dns_new.c index 5ae56873c..ae57d9088 100644 --- a/src/dns/gnunet-service-dns_new.c +++ b/src/dns/gnunet-service-dns_new.c @@ -22,6 +22,20 @@ * @file dns/gnunet-service-dns_new.c * @author Christian Grothoff */ +// current thoughts: +// - for full compatibility to DNS and to avoid going insane here parsing/generating DNS packets, +// how about literally attaching the "original" DNS packet (request/response) to the IPC traffic? +// that way, clients can literally do arbitrary modifications and we are done with that issue here. +// All we'd do in here is add the IP/UDP headers and be DONE with it. +// => minor modifications to API and IPC protocol +// => minor modifications to our data structures +// => major gains in terms of simplicity here and what can (at least theoretically) be done with the service +// => can test much more quickly +// => but: need to really write a good libgnunetdnsparse to avoid making MANY clients really complicated +// (not the worst of worlds either, other than deferring this mess some...) +// -> also positive: can be tested independently of the rest of the mess + + #include "platform.h" #include "gnunet_util_lib.h" #include "gnunet_constants.h" -- 2.25.1