The Perl Net::addrinfo Extension Module Introduction: This Perl module is designed to implement and export functionality related to the POSIX getaddrinfo(3) system call. The Net::addrinfo data object is provided with field name accsessor functions, similarly named to the the C data structure definition in netdb.h. Availability: The most recent release of this module can be found bundled with the latest DNSSEC-Tools distribution available from: http://www.dnssec-tools.org/resources/download.html This module should also be available through CPAN http://www.cpan.org (NOTE: it is proposed that this module be included in perl core release) Contact: The following mailing list should be consider the primary support mechanism for this module: dnssec-tools-users@lists.sourceforge.net mail list For bugs use: dnssec-tools-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net mail list Release Notes: The initial beta release of this extension module has been developed against perl-5.8.8. This module is modeled after 'Net::hostent' but has some additional features and does not rely on Class::Struct. KNOWN BUGS: No *known* bugs. Installation: perl Makefile.PL make make test (must have access to DNS) make install (requires root privilege) Documentation: perldoc Net::addrinfo