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author | schmonz <schmonz@pkgsrc.org> | 2004-09-01 20:07:35 +0000 |
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committer | schmonz <schmonz@pkgsrc.org> | 2004-09-01 20:07:35 +0000 |
commit | 5b4f879e4049f9b91dbd42936b950ae46809d0a1 (patch) | |
tree | 0d6ca51252635468dbe4ee3fb40a80dacff3cbf2 /net/djbdns/DESCR | |
parent | 9e41172b4fa6ecb05c8a6c38dea77b1e4c5a66fc (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-5b4f879e4049f9b91dbd42936b950ae46809d0a1.tar.gz |
Updated man pages to 20031023. From the changelog:
* merge changes from http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/doc.tar.gz into: axfr-get.8,
tinydns-data.8.
* pickdns-conf.8, pickdns-data.8, pickdns.8: remove.
* dnscache-conf.8, rbldns-conf.8, tinydns-conf.8, walldns-conf.8: adapt.
* axfrdns-conf.8: new.
pkgsrc changes:
* Convert to bsd.options.mk. Available options: "ignoreip2 inet6".
* Set USE_BUILDLINK3=yes.
* Patch to honor PKG_SYSCONFDIR.
* As long as we're patching, patch the installer to avoid setting unusual
permissions on ${PREFIX} and ${PREFIX}/bin.
* Work around the standard djbware errno problem on recent Linux glibc.
* Update to the latest pkgsrc djbware RESTRICTED clause.
* Remove the third-party logfile formatters (they can go elsewhere if needed).
* Take maintainership (suggested by zuntum).
Bump PKGREVISION.
Diffstat (limited to 'net/djbdns/DESCR')
-rw-r--r-- | net/djbdns/DESCR | 41 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/net/djbdns/DESCR b/net/djbdns/DESCR index 9c9b0640439..44d261f98e5 100644 --- a/net/djbdns/DESCR +++ b/net/djbdns/DESCR @@ -1,21 +1,24 @@ -DJBDNS is a collection of Domain Name System tools. It includes several -components: +djbdns is a collection of Domain Name System tools. It includes +software for all the fundamental DNS operations: -- dnscache: local DNS cache. It accepts recursive DNS queries from local - clients. It collects responses from remote DNS servers. -- tinydns: fast, UDP-only DNS server. It makes local DNS information - available to the Internet. -- pickdns: load-balancing DNS server. It points clients to a dynamic - selection of IP addresses. -- walldns: reverse DNS wall. It provides matching reverse and forward - records while hiding local host information. -- dns library: handles outgoing and incoming DNS packets. It can be - used by clients such as web browsers to look up host addresses, host - names, MX records, etc. It supports asynchronous resolution. -- dnsfilter: parallel IP-address-to-host-name converter. -- dnsip, dnsip6, dnsipq, dnsname, dnstxt, and dnsmx: simple command-line - interfaces to DNS. -- dnsq and dnstrace: DNS debugging tools. +* 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. -This package includes IPv6 patches written by Fefe, see -http://www.fefe.de/dns/ for more details. +* 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. |