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Bug#781890: RFP: dnscrypt-proxy -- Encrypts DNS traffic between the user and a DNS-Server.



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : dnscrypt-proxy
  Version         : 1.4.3
  Upstream Author : Frank Denis <github@pureftpd.org>
* URL             : http://dnscrypt.org
* License         : (Frank Denis)
  Programming Lang: (C)
  Description     : Encrypts DNS traffic between the user and a DNS-Server.


long description:
dnscrypt-proxy provides local service which can be used directly as your local
resolver or as a DNS forwarder, encrypting and authenticating requests using the
DNSCrypt protocol and passing them to an upstream server.
The DNSCrypt protocol uses high-speed high-security elliptic-curve cryptography
and is very similar to DNSCurve, but focuses on securing communications between
a client and its first-level resolver.
While not providing end-to-end security, it protects the local network,
which is often the weakest point of the chain, against man-in-the-middle attacks. 
It also provides some confidentiality to DNS queries.

Source available at: https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy
Dependency: libsodium-dev
Packaging files for debian seem to be also already included in the github repo.


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