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diff --git a/net/djbdns/DESCR b/net/djbdns/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a1e1fb2c257 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/djbdns/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +DJBDNS is a collection of Domain Name System tools. It includes +several components: + + * The dnscache program is a local DNS cache. It accepts recursive DNS + queries from local clients such as web browsers. It collects + responses from remote DNS servers. + * The tinydns program is a fast, UDP-only DNS server. It makes local + DNS information available to the Internet. + * The pickdns program is a load-balancing DNS server. It points + clients to a dynamic selection of IP addresses. + * The walldns program is a reverse DNS wall. It provides matching + reverse and forward records while hiding local host information. + * The 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. + * The dnsfilter program is a parallel IP-address-to-host-name + converter. + * The dnsip, dnsip6, dnsipq, dnsname, dnstxt, and dnsmx programs are simple + command-line interfaces to DNS. + * The dnsq and dnstrace programs are DNS debugging tools. + +You may also want to use: + * pkgsrc/net/ucspi-tcp, if you're going to use axfrdns or axfr-get + * tinydns logfile formatter, installed under ${PREFIX}/bin/tinydns-log + * dnscache logfile formatter, installed under ${PREFIX}/bin/dnscache-log + (formatters are taken from http://tinydns.org, they need perl to run] + * tai64nlocal (pkgsrc/sysutils/daemontools) -- to convert timestamps printed + out by these two formatters to human readable form + +This package includes IPv6 patches written by Fefe, +see http://www.fefe.de/dns/ for more details. + +Please read http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/upgrade.html if you're upgrading from +previous version of djbdns. |