diff --git a/pkg/txtutil/rfc1035.go b/pkg/txtutil/rfc1035.go
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+++ b/pkg/txtutil/rfc1035.go
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+package txtutil
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	//"github.com/facebook/dns/dnsrocks/dnsdata/quote"
+)
+
+func RFC1035Quoted(s string) string {
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, `\`, `\\`)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, `"`, `\"`)
+	return `"` + s + `"`
+
+	//sb := []byte(s)        // The string, as []byte
+	//qb := quote.Bquote(sb) // Quote it.
+	//q := string(qb[:])     // Convert to string
+	//return `"` + q + `"`
+}
+
+func RFC1035ChunkedAndQuoted(s string) string {
+
+	parts := ToChunks(s)
+	var quotedParts []string
+
+	for _, part := range parts {
+		quotedParts = append(quotedParts, RFC1035Quoted(part))
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(quotedParts, " ")
+}