NAME

Net::DNS::Lite - a pure-perl DNS resolver with support for timeout

SYNOPSIS

use Net::DNS::Lite qw(inet_aton);

# drop-in replacement for Socket::inet_aton
$Net::DNS::Lite::TIMEOUT = 5; # global timeout variable
my $addr = inet_aton("www.google.com");

# or per-query timeout
my $addr = inet_aton("www.google.com", $timeout_in_seconds);

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a replacement function for Socket::inet_aton, with support for timeouts.

AUTHOR

Kazuho Oku

The module is based on the excellent AnyEvent::DNS by mlehmann.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>