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+// inspired from:
+// https://github.com/mactsouk/opensource.com.git
+// and
+// https://coderwall.com/p/wohavg/creating-a-simple-tcp-server-in-go
+
+package main
+
+// import "net"
+
+// will try to get this hosts FQDN
+import "github.com/Showmax/go-fqdn"
+
+// this is the king of dns libraries
+import "github.com/miekg/dns"
+
+// dnssec IPv6 socket library
+import "git.wit.org/jcarr/dnssecsocket"
+
+func getHostname() {
+	var err error
+	me.fqdn, err = fqdn.FqdnHostname()
+	if (err != nil) {
+		log("FQDN hostname error =", err)
+		exit()
+		return
+	}
+	log("FQDN hostname is", me.fqdn)
+
+	var aaaa []string
+	aaaa = getAAAA(me.fqdn)
+	log("AAAA =", aaaa)
+}
+
+func getAAAA(s string) []string {
+	// lookup the IP address from DNS
+	dnsRR := dnssecsocket.Dnstrace(s, "AAAA")
+	log(args.VerboseDNS, SPEW, dnsRR)
+	if (dnsRR == nil) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	ipaddr1 := dns.Field(dnsRR, 1)
+	ipaddr2 := dns.Field(dnsRR, 2)
+	log("ipaddr", ipaddr1, ipaddr2)
+	return []string{ipaddr1, ipaddr2}
+}