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Add POSIX reference for getaddrinfo
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org: Apple, Inc.
email: tpauly@apple.com

informative:
POSIX:
title: "Standard for Information Technology Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX(R)) Base Specifications, Issue 7"
author:
org: IEEE
target: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=6506089
date: April 2013
seriesinfo:
DOI: 10.1109/ieeestd.2013.6506091

--- abstract

This document defines the `next-hop-aliases` HTTP Proxy-Status Parameter. This parameter carries
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of alias names and canonical names received in CNAME records.

Implementations ought to note that the full chain of names might not be available in common DNS
resolution APIs, such as `getaddrinfo`. `getaddrinfo` does have an option for `AI_CANONNAME`
resolution APIs, such as `getaddrinfo` {{POSIX}}. `getaddrinfo` does have an option for `AI_CANONNAME`
({{Section 6.1 of ?RFC3493}}), but this will only return the last name in the chain
(the canonical name), not the alias names.

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