TODO: Add a way to request DNS resolves from the controller

[Nick Mathewson]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 10:36:22PM +0100, Robert Hogan wrote:
> 
> I've implemented a rudimentary version of this.
> 
> I think I have the fundamentals right (it works) but I'm not sure about the 
> interface. The controller requests resolves with:
> 
> RESOLVE hotmail.com
> 250 OK
> 
> And tor responds with:
> 
> 650 RESOLVE hotmail.com:64.4.32.7

Nice!

> Internally, performing a resolve request enables the RESOLVE event for that 
> controller. But you only get a RESOLVE event whenever you request
> one.
>
> I've implemented it as an event rather than a getinfo because of the
> expected latency of the response.

Sensible.

> This approach breaks the spec a bit, in that 650 events now occur when you 
> perform a SETEVENTS or implicity enable a RESOLVE event by performing a 
> RESOLVE.
> 
> Should I continue on the basis of this approach or is there a strong 
> preference to make the requests something like getinfo resolve/hotmail.com ?

I think the approach you describe above is okay.  It shouldn't break
backward compatibility, since preexisting controllers will never issue
RESOLVE commands, and so will never get "650 RESOLVE" events.

peace,
-- 
Nick Mathewson
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