Rich Felker
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the AD (authenticated data) bit in outgoing dns queries is defined by rfc3655 to request that the nameserver report (via the same bit in the response) whether the result is authenticated by DNSSEC. while all results returned by a DNSSEC conforming nameserver will be either authenticated or cryptographically proven to lack DNSSEC protection, for some applications it's necessary to be able to distinguish these two cases. in particular, conforming and compatible handling of DANE (TLSA) records requires enforcing them only in signed zones. when the AD bit was first defined for queries, there were reports of compatibility problems with broken firewalls and nameservers dropping queries with it set. these problems are probably a thing of the past, and broken nameservers are already unsupported. however, since there is no use in the AD bit with the netdb.h interfaces, explicitly clear it in the queries they make. this ensures that, even with broken setups, the standard functions will work, and at most the res_* functions break.
musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/