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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2022-08-03 14:21:22 -0700
committerA Wireshark GitLab Utility <gerald+gitlab-utility@wireshark.org>2022-08-04 06:00:34 +0000
commit0ca960c6d8b5960d90290917ffea99627e5ba938 (patch)
treea2ff3999989f713e15b334b888804726c2e7433f /epan/addr_resolv.c
parent8604d03a98607bf8dc62e3ee152f8c8289c4052b (diff)
epan: Update our name resolution preference names.
Update the dns_pkt_addr_resolution, use_external_name_resolver, and use_custom_dns_servers names to be more consistent. Make it more clear that use_external_name_resolver uses you're system's DNS settings.
Diffstat (limited to 'epan/addr_resolv.c')
-rw-r--r--epan/addr_resolv.c12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/epan/addr_resolv.c b/epan/addr_resolv.c
index f246d4e1d9..7b46bde69f 100644
--- a/epan/addr_resolv.c
+++ b/epan/addr_resolv.c
@@ -2855,12 +2855,12 @@ addr_resolve_pref_init(module_t *nameres)
&gbl_resolv_flags.network_name);
prefs_register_bool_preference(nameres, "dns_pkt_addr_resolution",
- "Use captured DNS packet data for address resolution",
- "Whether address/name pairs found in captured DNS packets should be used by Wireshark for name resolution.",
+ "Use captured DNS packet data for name resolution",
+ "Use address/name pairs found in captured DNS packets for name resolution.",
&gbl_resolv_flags.dns_pkt_addr_resolution);
prefs_register_bool_preference(nameres, "use_external_name_resolver",
- "Use an external network name resolver",
+ "Use your system's DNS settings for name resolution",
"Use your system's configured name resolver"
" (usually DNS) to resolve network names."
" Only applies when network name resolution"
@@ -2868,9 +2868,9 @@ addr_resolve_pref_init(module_t *nameres)
&gbl_resolv_flags.use_external_net_name_resolver);
prefs_register_bool_preference(nameres, "use_custom_dns_servers",
- "Use custom list of DNS servers for name resolution",
- "Uses DNS Servers list to resolve network names if TRUE. If FALSE, default information is used",
- &use_custom_dns_server_list);
+ "Use a custom list of DNS servers for name resolution",
+ "Use a DNS Servers list to resolve network names if TRUE. If FALSE, default information is used",
+ &use_custom_dns_server_list);
static uat_field_t dns_server_uats_flds[] = {
UAT_FLD_CSTRING_OTHER(dnsserverlist_uats, ipaddr, "IP address", dnsserver_uat_fld_ip_chk_cb, "IPv4 or IPv6 address"),