Re: testing record start/end times with tinydns-get?

Paul Jarc <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Charles Cazabon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > But how do I test my magic?  tinydns-data will happily query the cdb file,
> > but I don't see how to tell it what time to to use (so it gets the proper
> > records and I can test times other than "now") - is this possible?
> 
> You'd have to patch it.  tinydns-get calls respond() from tdlookup.c, which
> uses tai_now() to set the timestamp to search for.  So the change would be
> fairly invasive--tdlookup.c is used by tinydns as well.

Thanks, Paul - I was coming to the same conclusion from my reading of tdlookup.
I'm glad I didn't miss something obvious.

> Or just run an unpatched tinydns-get from a (virtual) machine with a
> clock set forward. :)

Indeed ;)

Charles
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