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NAME
    Net::DNS::Packet - DNS protocol packet

SYNOPSIS
        use Net::DNS::Packet;

        $query = Net::DNS::Packet->new( 'example.com', 'MX', 'IN' );

        $reply = $resolver->send( $query );

DESCRIPTION
    A Net::DNS::Packet object represents a DNS protocol packet.

METHODS
  new
        $packet = Net::DNS::Packet->new( 'example.com' );
        $packet = Net::DNS::Packet->new( 'example.com', 'MX', 'IN' );

        $packet = Net::DNS::Packet->new();

    If passed a domain, type, and class, new() creates a Net::DNS::Packet object which is suitable
    for making a DNS query for the specified information. The type and class may be omitted; they
    default to A and IN.

    If called with an empty argument list, new() creates an empty packet.

        $packet = Net::DNS::Packet->decode( \$data );
        $packet = Net::DNS::Packet->decode( \$data, 1 );    # debug
        $packet = Net::DNS::Packet->new( \$data ... );

    If passed a reference to a scalar containing DNS packet data, a new packet object is created by
    decoding the data. The optional second boolean argument enables debugging output.

    Returns undef if unable to create a packet object.

    Decoding errors, including data corruption and truncation, are collected in the $@ ($EVAL_ERROR)
    variable.

        ( $packet, $length ) = Net::DNS::Packet->decode( \$data );

    If called in array context, returns a packet object and the number of octets successfully
    decoded.

    Note that the number of RRs in each section of the packet may differ from the corresponding
    header value if the data has been truncated or corrupted during transmission.

  data
        $data = $packet->data;
        $data = $packet->data( $size );

    Returns the packet data in binary format, suitable for sending as a query or update request to a
    nameserver.

    Truncation may be specified using a non-zero optional size argument.

  header
        $header = $packet->header;

    Constructor method which returns a Net::DNS::Header object which represents the header section
    of the packet.

  edns
        $edns    = $packet->edns;
        $version = $edns->version;
        $UDPsize = $edns->size;

    Auxiliary function which provides access to the EDNS protocol extension OPT RR.

  reply
        $reply = $query->reply( $UDPmax );

    Constructor method which returns a new reply packet.

    The optional UDPsize argument is the maximum UDP packet size which can be reassembled by the
    local network stack, and is advertised in response to an EDNS query.

  question, zone
        @question = $packet->question;

    Returns a list of Net::DNS::Question objects representing the question section of the packet.

    In dynamic update packets, this section is known as zone() and specifies the DNS zone to be
    updated.

  answer, pre, prerequisite
        @answer = $packet->answer;

    Returns a list of Net::DNS::RR objects representing the answer section of the packet.

    In dynamic update packets, this section is known as pre() or prerequisite() and specifies the
    RRs or RRsets which must or must not preexist.

  authority, update
        @authority = $packet->authority;

    Returns a list of Net::DNS::RR objects representing the authority section of the packet.

    In dynamic update packets, this section is known as update() and specifies the RRs or RRsets to
    be added or deleted.

  additional
        @additional = $packet->additional;

    Returns a list of Net::DNS::RR objects representing the additional section of the packet.

  print
        $packet->print;

    Prints the entire packet to the currently selected output filehandle using the master file
    format mandated by RFC1035.

  string
        print $packet->string;

    Returns a string representation of the packet.

  from
        print "packet received from ", $packet->from, "\n";

    Returns the IP address from which this packet was received. This method will return undef for
    user-created packets.

  size
        print "packet size: ", $packet->size, " octets\n";

    Returns the size of the packet in octets as it was received from a nameserver. This method will
    return undef for user-created packets (use length($packet->data) instead).

  push
        $ancount = $packet->push( prereq => $rr );
        $nscount = $packet->push( update => $rr );
        $arcount = $packet->push( additional => $rr );

        $nscount = $packet->push( update => $rr1, $rr2, $rr3 );
        $nscount = $packet->push( update => @rr );

    Adds RRs to the specified section of the packet.

    Returns the number of resource records in the specified section.

    Section names may be abbreviated to the first three characters.

  unique_push
        $ancount = $packet->unique_push( prereq => $rr );
        $nscount = $packet->unique_push( update => $rr );
        $arcount = $packet->unique_push( additional => $rr );

        $nscount = $packet->unique_push( update => $rr1, $rr2, $rr3 );
        $nscount = $packet->unique_push( update => @rr );

    Adds RRs to the specified section of the packet provided that the RRs are not already present in
    the same section.

    Returns the number of resource records in the specified section.

    Section names may be abbreviated to the first three characters.

  pop
        my $rr = $packet->pop( 'pre' );
        my $rr = $packet->pop( 'update' );
        my $rr = $packet->pop( 'additional' );

    Removes a single RR from the specified section of the packet.

  sign_tsig
        $query = Net::DNS::Packet->new( 'www.example.com', 'A' );

        $query->sign_tsig(
                    'Khmac-sha512.example.+165+01018.private',
                    fudge => 60
                    );

        $reply = $res->send( $query );

        $reply->verify( $query ) || die $reply->verifyerr;

    Attaches a TSIG resource record object, which will be used to sign the packet (see RFC 2845).

    The TSIG record can be customised by optional additional arguments to sign_tsig() or by calling
    the appropriate Net::DNS::RR::TSIG methods.

    If you wish to create a TSIG record using a non-standard algorithm, you will have to create it
    yourself. In all cases, the TSIG name must uniquely identify the key shared between the parties,
    and the algorithm name must identify the signing function to be used with the specified key.

        $tsig = Net::DNS::RR->new(
                    name            => 'tsig.example',
                    type            => 'TSIG',
                    algorithm       => 'custom-algorithm',
                    key             => '<base64 key text>',
                    sig_function    => sub {
                                              my ($key, $data) = @_;
                                                    ...
                                            }
                    );

        $query->sign_tsig( $tsig );

    The historical simplified syntax is still available, but additional options can not be
    specified.

        $packet->sign_tsig( $key_name, $key );

    The response to an inbound request is signed by presenting the request in place of the key
    parameter.

        $response = $request->reply;
        $response->sign_tsig( $request, @options );

    Multi-packet transactions are signed by chaining the sign_tsig() calls together as follows:

        $opaque  =  $packet1->sign_tsig( 'Kexample.+165+13281.private' );
        $opaque  =  $packet2->sign_tsig( $opaque );
                    $packet3->sign_tsig( $opaque );

    The opaque intermediate object references returned during multi-packet signing are not intended
    to be accessed by the end-user application. Any such access is expressly forbidden.

    Note that a TSIG record is added to every packet; this implementation does not support the
    suppressed signature scheme described in RFC2845.

  verify and verifyerr
        $packet->verify()           || die $packet->verifyerr;
        $reply->verify( $query )    || die $reply->verifyerr;

    Verify TSIG signature of packet or reply to the corresponding query.

        $opaque  =  $packet1->verify( $query ) || die $packet1->verifyerr;
        $opaque  =  $packet2->verify( $opaque );
        $verifed =  $packet3->verify( $opaque ) || die $packet3->verifyerr;

    The opaque intermediate object references returned during multi-packet verify() will be
    undefined (Boolean false) if verification fails. Access to the object itself, if it exists, is
    expressly forbidden. Testing at every stage may be omitted, which results in a BADSIG error on
    the final packet in the absence of more specific information.

  sign_sig0
    SIG0 support is provided through the Net::DNS::RR::SIG class. The requisite cryptographic
    components are not integrated into Net::DNS but reside in the Net::DNS::SEC distribution
    available from CPAN.

        $update = Net::DNS::Update->new('example.com');
        $update->push( update => rr_add('foo.example.com A 10.1.2.3'));
        $update->sign_sig0('Kexample.com+003+25317.private');

    Execution will be terminated if Net::DNS::SEC is not available.

  verify SIG0
        $packet->verify( $keyrr )           || die $packet->verifyerr;
        $packet->verify( [$keyrr, ...] )    || die $packet->verifyerr;

    Verify SIG0 packet signature against one or more specified KEY RRs.

  sigrr
        $sigrr = $packet->sigrr() || die 'unsigned packet';

    The sigrr method returns the signature RR from a signed packet or undefined if the signature is
    absent.

  truncate
    The truncate method takes a maximum length as argument and then tries to truncate the packet and
    set the TC bit according to the rules of RFC2181 Section 9.

    The smallest length limit that is honoured is 512 octets.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (c)1997-2000 Michael Fuhr.

    Portions Copyright (c)2002-2004 Chris Reinhardt.

    Portions Copyright (c)2002-2009 Olaf Kolkman

    Portions Copyright (c)2007-2019 Dick Franks

    All rights reserved.

LICENSE
    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any
    purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the original copyright notices appear
    in all copies and that both copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
    documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in advertising or publicity
    pertaining to distribution of the software without specific prior written permission.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
    BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
    NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
    DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

SEE ALSO
    perl, Net::DNS, Net::DNS::Update, Net::DNS::Header, Net::DNS::Question, Net::DNS::RR,
    Net::DNS::RR::TSIG, RFC1035 Section 4.1, RFC2136 Section 2, RFC2845