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21a4240f4SWang Lei# Configuration for DNS Resolver
31a4240f4SWang Lei#
41a4240f4SWang Leiconfig DNS_RESOLVER
51a4240f4SWang Lei	tristate "DNS Resolver support"
61a4240f4SWang Lei	depends on NET && KEYS
71a4240f4SWang Lei	help
81a4240f4SWang Lei	  Saying Y here will include support for the DNS Resolver key type
91a4240f4SWang Lei	  which can be used to make upcalls to perform DNS lookups in
101a4240f4SWang Lei	  userspace.
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121a4240f4SWang Lei	  DNS Resolver is used to query DNS server for information.  Examples
131a4240f4SWang Lei	  being resolving a UNC hostname element to an IP address for CIFS or
141a4240f4SWang Lei	  performing a DNS query for AFSDB records so that AFS can locate a
151a4240f4SWang Lei	  cell's volume location database servers.
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171a4240f4SWang Lei	  DNS Resolver is used by the CIFS and AFS modules, and would support
185227bbb0SSteve French	  SMB2 later.  DNS Resolver is supported by the userspace upcall
191a4240f4SWang Lei	  helper "/sbin/dns.resolver" via /etc/request-key.conf.
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211a4240f4SWang Lei	  See <file:Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt> for further
221a4240f4SWang Lei	  information.
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241a4240f4SWang Lei	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
251a4240f4SWang Lei	  dnsresolver.
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271a4240f4SWang Lei	  If unsure, say N.
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