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Bug#453680: ITP: djbdns -- Replacement for BIND, written by Dan Bernstein



Package: wnpp
Owner: "Robert S. Edmonds" <edmonds@debian.org>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : djbdns
  Version         : 1.05
  Upstream Author : Daniel J. Bernstein
* URL             : http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html
* License         : public domain
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Replacement for BIND, written by Dan Bernstein
 The following were taken from various HTML pages under
 http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html
 .
 dnscache is a local DNS cache. It accepts recursive DNS queries from
 local clients such as web browsers and mail transfer agents. It
 collects responses from remote DNS servers. It caches the responses to
 save time later.
 .
 tinydns is a DNS server. It accepts iterative DNS queries from hosts
 around the Internet, and responds with locally configured information.
 .
 pickdns is a load-balancing DNS server. It accepts iterative DNS
 queries from hosts around the Internet, and responds with a dynamic
 selection of locally configured IP addresses with 5-second TTLs.
 .
 walldns is a reverse DNS wall. It accepts iterative DNS queries for
 in-addr.arpa domains from hosts around the Internet, and supplies
 generic responses that avoid revealing local host information.
 .
 rbldns is an IP-address-listing DNS server. It accepts iterative
 DNS queries from hosts around the Internet asking about various IP
 addresses.  It provides responses showing whether the addresses are on
 a locally configured list, such as RBL or DUL.
 .
 axfrdns is a DNS zone-transfer server. It reads a zone-transfer
 request in DNS-over-TCP format from its standard input, and responds
 with locally configured information.
 .
 The security of this software is guaranteed by the author.  Details of
 the guarantee can be found at http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/guarantee.html

 (snagged from the djbdns-installer djbdns description)

Supposedly DJB has released all of his code into the public domain.  If
this is really the case and passes DFSG, I plan to package djbdns
assuming Adam McKenna (maintainer of djbdns-installer) doesn't want to.

-- 
Robert Edmonds
edmonds@debian.org

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