unbound/libunbound/unbound.h

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 * unbound.h - unbound validating resolver public API
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/**
 * \file
 *
 * This file contains functions to resolve DNS queries and 
 * validate the answers. Synchonously and asynchronously.
 */
#ifdef _UB_UNBOUND_H
#define _UB_UNBOUND_H

/**
 * The validation context is created to hold the resolver status,
 * validation keys and a small cache (containing messages, rrsets,
 * roundtrip times, trusted keys, lameness information).
 *
 * Its contents are internally defined.
 */
struct ub_val_ctx;

/**
 * Create a resolving and validation context.
 * @return a new context. default initialisation.
 * 	returns NULL on error (malloc failure).
 */
struct ub_val_ctx* ub_val_ctx_create();

/**
 * Destroy a validation context and free all its resources.
 * @param ctx: context to delete.
 */
void ub_val_ctx_delete(struct ub_val_ctx* ctx);

/**
 * setup configuration for the given context.
 * @param ctx: context.
 * @param fname: unbound config file (not all settings applicable).
 * 	This is a power-users interface that lets you specify all sorts
 * 	of options.
 * 	For some specific options, such as adding trust anchors, special
 * 	routines exist.
 * @return: 0 if OK, else error.
 */
int ub_val_ctx_config(struct ub_val_ctx* ctx, char* fname);

/**
 * Add a trust anchor to the given context.
 * The trust anchor is a string, on one line, that holds a valid DNSKEY or
 * DS RR. 
 * @param ctx: context.
 * @param ta: string, with zone-format RR on one line.
 * 	<domainname> <TTL optional> <type> <class optional> <rdata contents>
 * @return 0 if OK, else error.
 */
int ub_val_ctx_add_ta(struct ub_val_ctx* ctx, char* fname);

/**
 * Add trust anchors to the given context.
 * The trust anchor the name of a bind-style config file with trusted-keys{}.
 * @param ctx: context.
 * @param fname: filename of file with bind-style config entries with trust
 * 	anchors.
 * @return 0 if OK, else error.
 */
int ub_val_ctx_trustedkeys(struct ub_val_ctx* ctx, char* fname);

/**
 * Set a context to be synchronous or asynchronous.
 * @param ctx: context.
 * @param async: set false if it should be synchronous (waiting) or
 * 	true if it should be asynchronous (resolving and validating in the
 * 	background).
 * @return 0 if OK, else error.
 */
int ub_val_ctx_async(struct ub_val_ctx* ctx, int async);

/**
 * Poll a context to see if it has any new results
 * Do not poll in a loop, instead extract the fd below to poll for readiness,
 * and then check, or wait using the wait routine.
 * @param ctx: asynchronous context.
 * @return: 0 if nothing to read, or nonzero if a result is available.
 */
int ub_val_ctx_poll(struct ub_val_ctx* ctx);

/**
 * Wait for an context to finish with results.
 * @param ctx: asynchronous context.
 * @return: 0 if OK, else error.
 */
int ub_val_ctx_wait(struct ub_val_ctx* ctx);

/**
 * Get file descriptor. Wait for it to become readable, at this point
 * answers are returned from the asynchronous validating resolver.
 * @param ctx: asynchronous context.
 * @return: -1 on error, or file descriptor to use select(2) with.
 */
int ub_val_ctx_fd(struct ub_val_ctx* ctx);

#endif /* _UB_UNBOUND_H */