[LEAPSECS] stale leap second information

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Sat Jan 17 18:47:00 EST 2015


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In message <20150117230303.GJ4460 at davros.org>, "Clive D.W. Feather" writes:
>Steffen Nurpmeso said:

> If you have to use DNS, use TXT records.

The problem with using TXT records is getting hold of them.

getaddrinfo(3) is so much more accessible and reliable than any API
to execute a custom DNS query.

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