Developer Builds a Mini DNS Resolver in C to Explain Domain Resolution

A developer built a mini DNS resolver in C across three posts, covering queries to 1.1.1.1:53, DNS label encoding with length prefixes, and pointer compression in responses.

2026-10-22 ~ 2026-10-22 · 3 related posts

• Dev builds a tiny DNS resolver in C to show how simple DNS is at the packet level — cneuralnetwork · 2026-10-22
• How DNS encodes domain names: length-prefixed labels explained byte by byte — cneuralnetwork · 2026-10-22
• DNS pointer compression: how responses avoid repeating domain names — cneuralnetwork · 2026-10-22