diff --git a/data-formats/df-002-dnst.md b/data-formats/df-002-dnst.md index 3622ee4b..3decf6b8 100644 --- a/data-formats/df-002-dnst.md +++ b/data-formats/df-002-dnst.md @@ -82,16 +82,19 @@ The following table documents the available DNS resolver engines. | Engine name | Description | | :---------- | ----------- | | system | We are using getaddrinfo | -| netgo | We are using Golang's "netgo" DNS resolver | +| go | Whatever the Go stdlib uses for the current platform | | udp | Custom DNS-over-UDP resolver | | tcp | Custom DNS-over-TCP resolver | | dot | Custom DNS-over-TLS resolver | | doh | Custom DNS-over-HTTPS resolver | -Before 2022-05-29 (i.e., for `ooniprobe<3.16.0`), we did not distinguish -between cases where we were using getaddrinfo and cases where we were -using the netgo resolver (see [ooni/probe-cli#765]( -https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/765)). +Since 2022-05-29 (i.e., for `ooniprobe>=3.16.0`), we explicitly use +`getaddrinfo` whenever possible and fall back to using `go` only when +`CGO_ENABLED=0`, which happens when cross compiling or when who's +building OONI has passed `CGO_ENABLED=0` explicitly from the command +line See [ooni/probe-cli#765](https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/765) +and [ooni/probe-cli#766](https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/766) for +more details about how we choose the resolver name. ## Answer