Dns refactor [Work in progress do not merge] #167
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Refactor dns decoding.
NOTE: At this time this pull request is not at feature parody with master. ToString functions are not as well developed. And while the name decode is simpler it is incomplete as it does not support use of pointers in dns names. This can not be merged in till both of those issues are addressed.
Sources:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1035 Section 4.1.4 has a good description of what makes a valid name
https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1034.txt provides an intro to dns
SkypeIRC.cap contains several good examples of dns