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Package: djbdns (1:1.05-7)

a collection of Domain Name System tools

This package includes software for all the fundamental DNS operations:

DNS cache: finding addresses of Internet hosts. When a browser wants to contact www.hotwired.com, it first asks a DNS cache, such as djbdns's dnscache, to find the IP address of www.hotwired.com. Internet service providers run dnscache to find IP addresses requested by their customers. If you're running a home computer or a workstation, you can run your own dnscache to speed up your web browsing.

DNS server: publishing addresses of Internet hosts. The IP address of www.hotwired.com is published by HotWired's DNS servers. djbdns includes a general-purpose DNS server, tinydns; network administrators run tinydns to publish the IP addresses of their computers. djbdns also includes special-purpose servers for publishing DNS walls and RBLs.

DNS client: talking to a DNS cache. djbdns includes a DNS client C library and several command-line DNS client utilities. Programmers use these tools to send requests to DNS caches.

djbdns also includes several DNS debugging tools, notably dnstrace, which administrators use to diagnose misconfigured remote servers.

See http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Daemon, Networking: Client, Server, Service, Network Protocol: DNS, Role: Program

Packages providing djbdns

dbndns
Debian fork of djbdns, a collection of Domain Name System tools

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alpha 393.1 kB1220 kB [list of files]
amd64 290.4 kB960 kB [list of files]
armel 248.4 kB920 kB [list of files]
avr32 (unofficial port) 195.6 kB772 kB [list of files]
hppa 292.1 kB960 kB [list of files]
hurd-i386 199.7 kB888 kB [list of files]
i386 219.6 kB868 kB [list of files]
ia64 483.9 kB1668 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-amd64 246.1 kB850 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-i386 192.2 kB732 kB [list of files]
m68k (unofficial port) 197.7 kB812 kB [list of files]
mips 366.4 kB1236 kB [list of files]
mipsel 354.1 kB1236 kB [list of files]
powerpc 281.4 kB1020 kB [list of files]
s390 261.1 kB984 kB [list of files]
sparc 207.2 kB896 kB [list of files]