Use IsDomainName (#119)

Liberal as it as it still has its use. Reject invalid domain names
in the config.

Unrelated: clear up the README as well. And fix travis script.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/parse/parsing.go b/core/parse/parsing.go
index 6e73bd584..712695b22 100644
--- a/core/parse/parsing.go
+++ b/core/parse/parsing.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package parse
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -320,6 +321,14 @@ func standardAddress(str string) (address, error) {
 		// no error check here; return err at end of function
 	}
 
+	if len(host) > 255 {
+		return address{}, fmt.Errorf("specified address is too long: %d > 255", len(host))
+	}
+	_, d := dns.IsDomainName(host)
+	if !d {
+		return address{}, fmt.Errorf("host is not a valid domain: %s", host)
+	}
+
 	// see if we can set port based off scheme
 	if port == "" {
 		port = "53"