Improve DNS response parser to limit recursion for compressed labels #169
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This changeset improves the DNS response parser to limit recursion for compressed labels. This prevents a possible infinite recursion in malformed DNS response messages. The maximum recursion depth is limited to 127 labels, matching the maximum host name length of 255 permitted as per DNS specs.
Builds on top of #115
Refs #114