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NAME
       dnsutl -	utilities to make DNS easier to	configure
       Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 Peter Miller; All
       rights reserved.

       The dnsutl package is distributed under the GNU General
       Public License, see the LICENSE section,	below, for more
       information.

DESCRIPTION
       The dnsutl package is a bunch of	programs I wrote to make
       using DNS easier.  These	include:

       dns-rev
	       Take the	forward	DNS mapping and	generate the
	       reverse mapping.

       dns-hosts
	       Take the	forward	DNS mapping and	generate the
	       /etc/hosts file.

       dns-ng
	       Take the	forward	DNS mapping and	generate the
	       /etc/netgroup file.

       All of these programs are both faster than shell	scripts,
       and more	robust when faced with all the peculiar	semantics
       of DNS resource files.

NEW IN THIS RELEASE
       A number	of features have been added to dnsutl with this
       release.	 A few of them are detailed here:

       * The size of the netgroups is limited to ten items, with
       recursive lists generated where the set needs to	be
       larger.

       * The code is now much more portable, and uses a	GNU
       Autoconf	generated configure script.

       Plus the	usual crop of bug fixes	and tinkering.	For
       excruciating detail, and	also acknowlegements of	those who
       generously sent me feedback, please see the
       aux/CHANGES.1.2 file included in	this distribution.

ARCHIVE	SITE
       The latest version of dnsutl is available by anonymous ftp
       from:
	   Host:   ftp.agso.gov.au
	   Dir:	   /pub/Aegis
	   File:   README		 # what	is in this directory
	   File:   dnsutl.1.2.tar.gz	 # the complete	source
	   File:   dnsutl.1.2.patch.gz	 # patch to take 1.0 to	1.2




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       To use anonymous	ftp, give "anonymous" as the user name
       (omit the quotes) and your email	address	as the password.

       This directory also contains a few other	pieces of
       software	written	by me.	Please have a look if you are
       interested.

       For those of you	without	ftp, I recommend the use of an
       ftp-by-email server.  Here is a list of a few (there are
       many more):
	      ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
	      ftpmail@cs.uow.edu.au

       In general, you can get a help message about how	to use
       each system by sending email with a subject of "help" and
       a message body containing just the word "help".

BUILDING
       Complete	instructions for configuring, building,	testing
       and installing dnsutl may be found in the BUILDING file
       included	in this	distribution.

LICENSE
       This package is free software; you can redistribute it
       and/or modify it	under the terms	of the GNU General Public
       License as published by the Free	Software Foundation;
       either version 2	of the License,	or (at your option) any
       later version.

       This package is distributed in the hope that it will be
       useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
       warranty	of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.	 See the GNU General Public License for	more
       details.

       You should have received	a copy of the GNU General Public
       License along with this program;	if not,	write to the Free
       Software	Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,	Cambridge, MA
       02139, USA.

       It should be in the file	called LICENSE included	in this
       distribution.

AUTHOR
       Peter Miller	  UUCP:	  uunet!munnari!agso.gov.au!pmiller
       /\/\*	      Internet:	  pmiller@agso.gov.au











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