diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 67fb533..89f14b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 CC = gcc
 DNS = dnstun
-DNSOBJS = dnstun.o tun.o dns.o
+DNSOBJS = dnstun.o tun.o dns.o read.o
 DNSD = dnstund
-DNSDOBJS = dnstund.o tun.o dnsd.o
+DNSDOBJS = dnstund.o tun.o dnsd.o read.o
 
 OS = `uname | tr "a-z" "A-Z"`
 
diff --git a/dns.c b/dns.c
index efb041e..aabac2b 100644
--- a/dns.c
+++ b/dns.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #include "dns.h"
+#include "read.h"
 
 static int host2dns(const char *, char *, int);
 
@@ -44,55 +45,6 @@ uint16_t chunkid;
 
 uint16_t pingid;
 
-static int
-readname(char *packet, char *dst, char *src)
-{
-	char l;
-	int len;
-	int offset;
-
-	len = 0;
-
-	while(*src) {
-		l = *src++;
-		len++;
-
-		if(l & 0x80 && l & 0x40) {
-			offset = ((src[-1] & 0x3f) << 8) | src[0];		
-			readname(packet, dst, packet + offset);
-			dst += strlen(dst);
-			break;
-		}
-
-		while(l) {
-			*dst++ = *src++;
-			l--;
-			len++;
-		}
-
-		*dst++ = '.';
-	}
-
-	*dst = '\0';
-	src++;
-	len++;
-
-	return len;
-}
-
-#define READNAME(packet, dst, src) (src) += readname((packet), (dst), (src));
-
-#define READSHORT(dst, src) \
-	memcpy(&dst, src, 2); \
-        (dst) = ntohs(dst); (src)+=2;
-
-#define READLONG(dst, src) \
-	memcpy(&dst, src, 2); \
-	(dst) = ntohl(dst); (src)+=4; 
-
-#define READDATA(dst, src, len) \
-	memcpy((dst), (src), (len)); (src)+=(len);
-
 int 
 open_dns(const char *host, const char *domain) 
 {
diff --git a/dnsd.c b/dnsd.c
index 32f13fe..179a17b 100644
--- a/dnsd.c
+++ b/dnsd.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include "dns.h"
+#include "read.h"
 
 static int host2dns(const char *, char *, int);
 
@@ -50,55 +51,6 @@ short delayed_q_id;
 struct sockaddr_in delayed_q_from;
 int delayed_q_fromlen;
 
-static int
-readname(char *packet, char *dst, char *src)
-{
-	char l;
-	int len;
-	int offset;
-
-	len = 0;
-
-	while(*src) {
-		l = *src++;
-		len++;
-
-		if(l & 0x80 && l & 0x40) {
-			offset = ((src[-1] & 0x3f) << 8) | src[0];		
-			readname(packet, dst, packet + offset);
-			dst += strlen(dst);
-			break;
-		}
-
-		while(l) {
-			*dst++ = *src++;
-			l--;
-			len++;
-		}
-
-		*dst++ = '.';
-	}
-
-	*dst = '\0';
-	src++;
-	len++;
-
-	return len;
-}
-
-#define READNAME(packet, dst, src) (src) += readname((packet), (dst), (src));
-
-#define READSHORT(dst, src) \
-	memcpy(&dst, src, 2); \
-        (dst) = ntohs(dst); (src)+=2;
-
-#define READLONG(dst, src) \
-	memcpy(&dst, src, 2); \
-	(dst) = ntohl(dst); (src)+=4; 
-
-#define READDATA(dst, src, len) \
-	memcpy((dst), (src), (len)); (src)+=(len);
-
 int 
 open_dnsd(const char *domain) 
 {