NAME Net::DNS::Lite - a pure-perl DNS resolver with support for timeout SYNOPSIS use Net::DNS::Lite qw(inet_aton); # drop-in replacement for Socket::inet_aton $Net::DNS::Lite::TIMEOUT = 5; # global timeout variable my $addr = inet_aton("www.google.com"); # or per-query timeout my $addr = inet_aton("www.google.com", $timeout_in_seconds); DESCRIPTION This module provides a replacement function for Socket::inet_aton, with support for timeouts. CONFIGURATION VARIABLES $Net::DNS::Lite::TIMEOUT maximum time (in seconds) inet_aton will block (default: 10) $Net::DNS::Lite::CACHE if set, Net::DNS::Lite will cache the DNS responses internally using the supplied cache object. The cache object should support "get", "set", and "remove" functions (default: none) $Net::DNS::Lite::CACHE_TTL maximum ttl of the cached entries (in seconds). Only has effect when $Net::DNS::Lite::CACHE is set. AUTHOR Kazuho Oku The module is based on the excellent AnyEvent::DNS by mlehmann. LICENSE This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See