Linux dns software
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scavenge Discover/audit forward and reverse DNS records
p5-Net-DNS Perl5 interface to the DNS resolver, and dynamic updates
maradns DNS server with focus on security and simplicity
ldns A library for programs conforming to DNS RFCs and drafts
dnstracer Trace a chain of DNS servers to the source
All linux dns software (ordered by name)
dnswall A daemon that filters out private IP addresses in DNS responses
openresolv A resolvconf compatible framework for managing resolv.conf
adns Easy to use, asynchronous-capable DNS client library and utilities
ares An asynchronous DNS resolver library
bind8 The Berkeley Internet Name Domain, an implementation of DNS
bind84 The Berkeley Internet Name Domain, an implementation of DNS
bind9 Completely new version of the BIND DNS suite with updated DNSSEC
bind9-dlz The Berkeley Internet Name Daemon, with DLZ extensions
crossip Java DNS update client for the ThatIP protocol
Java DNS update client for the ThatIP protocol
Java DNS update client for the ThatIP protocol
ddup A DynDNS.org client for UNIX (Now support NIC v2.0)
dhid DHIS client for updating dynamic DNS entries in dhisd DNS tables
dhisd DHIS server for dynamic updates on the server using specific engines
dlint Lint for DNS zones (Domain Name Server zone verification utility)
dnsmasq Lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server
dnstop Captures and analyzes DNS traffic (or analyzes libpcap dump)
dnstracer Trace a chain of DNS servers to the source
dnsutl Programs to make using DNS easier
dnswalk DNS debugger - requests a zone transfer and analyzes the result
domtools Set of utilities for extracting information from DNS records
ez-ipupdate Update your host name on any dynamic DNS service
firedns A C library for handling asynchronous DNS queries
fpdns FPDNS - Fingerprinting DNS servers
geta Geta(GET Address) - Simple IPv4/IPv6 address resolving tool
ghtool A command-line interface to the resolver library
h2n Translate host table to name server file format
hesiod A directory service built on DNS and BIND
host An utility to query DNS servers
idnkit A library to handle internationalized domain names
ipcheck A fully compliant DynDNS.org client for UNIX (supports NIC v2.0)
maradns DNS server with focus on security and simplicity
mdnsd Advertise a service via Rendezvous
mydns DNS server designed to utilize the MySQL database
noip No-IP.com's dynamic DNS update client
nsd An authoritative only non-recursive name server
nslint Perform consistency checks on DNS zone files
p5-DNS-Config DNS::Config is set of perl modules for name service configurations
p5-DNS-Zone DNS::Zone is set of perl modules for name service zone files
p5-Net-DNS Perl5 interface to the DNS resolver, and dynamic updates
pdnsd Caching (permanently, writes to disk on exit) DNS proxy-server
posadis Domain Name Server (DNS) implementation
powerdns An advanced DNS server with multiple backends including SQL
py-adns A Python Interface to adns, the asynchronous DNS library
py-dns DNS (Domain Name Service) library for Python
rbldnsd Small and fast DNS daemon especially for DNSBL zones
sheerdns A light-weight, simple and fast master DNS server
skadns Asynchronous DNS client software and library
sleuth A tool for checking DNS zones
staticcharge A GTK client for the StaticCling dynamic DNS service
totd DNS proxy that supports IPv6 <==> IPv4 record translation
updatedd Dynamic DNS Update Client supporting multiple services
walker Recover zone file information from servers that use DNSSEC
zonecheck Perform consistency checks on DNS zones
fastresolve Programs that process web logs to get DNS and domain ownership info
checkdns A domain name server analysis and reporting tool
dnsdoctor Perform consistency checks on DNS zones
dnsjava Implementation of DNS in Java
dnsmax-perl DNSMax-perl is a perl DNS update client for the REST DNSMax protocol
drill A dig style dnssec aware dns debugging tool
gresolver A graphical DNS query tool using GTK+
poweradmin A set of PHP-scripts to manage PowerDNS over the web
rbllookup Check given IP/Host presence in 106 RBLs
scavenge Discover/audit forward and reverse DNS records
sqldjbdns DJB dns server with PostgreSQL backend
bind9-sdb-ldap The well known Bind9, patched for use of an LDAP based backend
inadyn INADYN - Simple DYNAMIC DNS client
libidn Internationalized Domain Names command line tool
bind94 The BIND DNS suite with updated DNSSEC and threads
c-ares An asynchronous DNS resolver library
dnsperf DNSPerf and ResPerf deliver accurate performance metrics of Domain Name Services
doc Diagnose unhealthy DNS domains
dualserver Combined DHCP/DNS server for small LANs
ldns A library for programs conforming to DNS RFCs and drafts
ldnsm Manages LDAP enteries for the BIND9 SDB LDAP patch
nsd2 An authoritative only non-recursive name server
nss_mdns NSS module implementing multicast DNS name resolution
pear-File_DNS PEAR class to read and write RFC1033-style DNS Zonefiles
pear-Net_DNS Resolver library used to communicate with a DNS server
sshfp Generate SSHFP DNS records from knownhosts files or ssh-keyscan
vizone Updates the serialnumber in one or more zonefiles
bindgraph A RRDtool frontend for BIND statistics