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NAME

       tinydns - a DNS server.

DESCRIPTION

       tinydns  accepts  iterative  DNS  queries  from  hosts  around  the  Internet,  and responds with locally
       configured information.

Configuration

       This is a reference page.  For tutorial information, see the instructions for
       running a DNS server (http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/run-server.html).

       Normally tinydns is set up by the tinydns-conf(8) program.

       tinydns runs chrooted in the directory specified by the $ROOT environment variable, under the uid and gid
       specified by the $UID and $GID environment variables.

       tinydns listens for incoming UDP packets addressed to port 53  of  $IP.   It  does  not  listen  for  TCP
       queries.

       tinydns answers queries as specified by data.cdb, a binary file created by tinydns-data(8).

Further details

       tinydns  rejects  zone-transfer requests, inverse queries, non-Internet-class queries, truncated packets,
       and packets that contain anything other than a single query.

       tinydns, like BIND, includes NS records with answers to most queries.  This increases DNS  packet  sizes,
       but  it  draws  queries away from parent servers, and reduces the frequency of long DNS delays.  With the
       default tinydns-data(8) cache times, a client that uses a normal record at  least  once  every  day  will
       always have the corresponding NS records cached and will never have to talk to parent servers.

SEE ALSO

       tinydns-conf(8), tinydns-data(8)

       http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html

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