rndc protocol

Matthew Horsfall (alh) mhorsfall at dyn.com
Mon Oct 8 12:36:50 UTC 2012


On 10/05/2012 10:45 AM, Andrew Latham wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Matthew Horsfall (alh)
> <mhorsfall at dyn.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I was curious if the underlying protocol used by the rndc command was well
>> documented and if writing clients against it (rather than using the rndc
>> utility) was advisable or not.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -- Matthew Horsfall (alh)
>
> A quick search shows that the source is easily read. For example
> http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/machine/charon3/src/bind-9.6-ESV-R5-P1/bin/rndc/rndc.c
> uses isc_socket and checks the underlying protocols during connection.
>   ie...  v6 or v4, UDP or TCP...
>
>

Thanks.

I realize that the source is readable, but I was asking for actual documentation 
which it appears does not exist or is not public if it is.

In any event, I'm already underway using the source code as a driver for what I 
need.

Cheers,

-- Matthew Horsfall (alh)



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