c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously.
c-ares 1.7.3, 620KB (11-jun-2010) GPG RELEASE-NOTES
c-ares 1.7.2, 615KB (10-jun-2010) GPG RELEASE-NOTES (doesn't build, lacks a file that is added in 1.7.3)
c-ares 1.7.1, 613KB (23-mar-2010) GPG RELEASE-NOTES
c-ares 1.7.0, 604KB (30-nov-2009) GPG RELEASE-NOTES
c-ares 1.6.0, 439KB (9-dec-2008) GPG RELEASE-NOTES
c-ares 1.5.3, 470KB (29-aug-2008) GPG
c-ares 1.5.2, 461KB (29-may-2008) GPG
c-ares 1.5.1, 435KB (21-nov-2007) GPG
c-ares 1.5.0, 435KB (21-nov-2007) GPG (doesn't build, lacks a file that is added in 1.5.1)
c-ares 1.4.0, 421KB (8-jun-2007) GPG
c-ares 1.3.2, 323KB (3-nov-2006) GPG
c-ares 1.3.1, 311KB (23-jun-2006) GPG
c-ares 1.3.0, 347KB (29-aug-2005) GPG
c-ares 1.2.1, 325KB (20-oct-2004) GPG
c-ares 1.2.0, 99KB (13-apr-2004).
c-ares 1.1.0, 125KB (11-mar-2004).
c-ares 1.0.0, 122KB (3-feb-2004).
Browse the changelog.
Discussions around c-ares, its use and its development, are held on the c-ares mailing list. Please, do not mail me privately about c-ares.
Mailing list archives at c-ares.haxx.se and gmane.org!
Browse the git repository on github.
Check out from git like this:
git clone git://github.com/bagder/c-ares.git
Contributions have been made by these friendly people.
c-ares is being used by libcurl, UnreadlIRCd, BZFlag, Hobbit network monitor, libevnet, gLite, aria2, sipsak, Second Life, Wireshark
Please let us know if you use it!
Some noticable changes from ares include:
- IPv6 support
- Many bug fixes
- Extended portability (Mac OS X, RISC OS, Windows, DOS and more)
- 64bit cleaned sources
- New functions (ares_cancel(), ares_expand_string(), ares_version() and more)
Note that c-ares is continuously being developed and worked on, while ares is not, so the changes and differences between the two projects will only expand over time. The above list is just some of the changes.
The c-ares fork was made on ares 1.1.1.
You can download the original ares at ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu/pub/ATHENA/ares.