Bug#647505: ITP: tcp-over-dns -- TCP tunnel through the standard DNS protocol

[Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net>]

On 03/11/11 at 12:13 +0100, Wolfgang Frisch wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Wolfgang Frisch <wfpub@roembden.net>
> 
> * Package name    : tcp-over-dns
>   Version         : 1.3
>   Upstream Author : Tim Valenzuela
> * URL             : http://analogbit.com/software/tcp-over-dns
> * License         : BSD
>   Programming Lang: Java
>   Description     : TCP tunnel through the standard DNS protocol
> 
> tcp-over-dns contains a special dns server and a special dns client. The
> client and server work in tandem to provide a TCP (and UDP!) tunnel
> through the standard DNS protocol.
> 
> This is similiar to the defunct NSTX dns tunelling software. The purpose
> of this software to is succeed where NSTX failed. For me at least, all
> NSTX tunnels disconnect within tens of seconds in real world situations.
> tcp-over-dns was written to be quite robust while at the same time
> providing acceptable bandwidth speeds.

How does it compare with iodine?

Lucas