> From: D. J. Bernstein <djb@cr.yp.to>
>
> Bullshit. The recvfrom() return value is limited to the size of the
> supplied buffer.
better fix those kernels then.
> This means, for example, that if some version of res_mkquery() sets
> the query rcode to 2, and the server legitimately responds with an
> 1147-byte UDP packet, but the buffer size is only 512, then the return
> value from res_send() will be 512, not 1147, and the suggested ``fix''
> will fail.
a legitimate 1147-byte DNS UDP packet is an interesting concept.
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