# djbdns mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, apt installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für djbdns in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:djbdns ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install djbdns ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install djbdns ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: net/djbdns/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add djbdns ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: djbdns from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#djbdns ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dj/djbdns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install axfrdns ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: axfrdns from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:djbdns - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.05 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** D.J. Bernstein's DNS tools - **Homepage:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-09T15:08:27+02:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - axfr-get (Alias) - axfrdns (Alias) - axfrdns-conf (Alias) - dnscache (Alias) - dnscache-conf (Alias) - dnsfilter (Alias) - dnsip (Alias) - dnsipq (Alias) - dnsmx (Alias) - dnsname (Alias) - dnsq (Alias) - dnsqr (Alias) - dnstrace (Alias) - dnstracesort (Alias) - dnstxt (Alias) - pickdns (Alias) - pickdns-conf (Alias) - pickdns-data (Alias) - random-ip (Alias) - rbldns (Alias) - rbldns-conf (Alias) - rbldns-data (Alias) - tinydns (Alias) - tinydns-conf (Alias) - tinydns-data (Alias) - tinydns-edit (Alias) - tinydns-get (Alias) - walldns (Alias) - walldns-conf (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 1.05 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung djbdns is D. J. Bernstein's suite of Unix DNS tools, including dnscache for recursive caching, tinydns for authoritative DNS service, rbldns for DNS blocklist-style zones, and command-line query/debugging programs. It is old, deliberately small, and historically important because it presented a security-conscious alternative to monolithic BIND deployments. ### Projektgeschichte The official djbdns site organizes the package around separate DNS jobs: finding addresses with dnscache, publishing addresses with tinydns and related servers, and debugging DNS with small command-line tools. The installation page identifies 1.05 as the published djbdns package and states that djbdns works under Unix. Bernstein's documentation emphasized operational separation: caches and authoritative servers should run as distinct services, often on different IP addresses. The package's daemontools-style service directories and generated `/etc/dnscache` and `/etc/tinydns` trees made that model visible to Unix administrators. ### Adoptionsgeschichte djbdns adoption was shaped by DNS security culture in the early 2000s. The official security guarantee offered a bounty for verifiable holes in the published 1.05 release and explicitly contrasted djbdns with buffer-overflow classes that had affected BIND and resolver libraries. The official run-cache and run-server guides asked operators to publish pages saying their DNS cache or server was powered by djbdns, an early-web adoption tactic meant to make deployments searchable and encourage support services and related tools. ### Wie es verwendet wird Package users generally install djbdns for its individual Unix commands rather than a single daemon. `dnscache-conf` creates a cache service, `tinydns-conf` creates an authoritative service, `tinydns-data` compiles zone data, and query tools such as `dnsq`, `dnsqr`, and `dnstrace` help debug DNS behavior. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren djbdns matters in package history because it is a classic DJB-style toolset: small C programs, unusual configuration conventions, strong opinions about privilege separation, and a long afterlife in Unix package managers. It is also a useful example of software whose official distribution predates modern public source hosting, so a package can be historically important without having an official GitHub-style repository. ### Zeitleiste - 2001-era: Official installation page names djbdns 1.05 as the published package. - Early 2000s: Official security guarantee advertises a public bounty for verifiable security holes. - Operational era: Official guides document dnscache, tinydns, rbldns, walldns, axfrdns, and DNS debugging utilities as separate Unix services and tools. ### Related projects - Related DNS packages include BIND, Unbound, NSD, Knot DNS, PowerDNS, MaraDNS, daemontools, and ucspi-tcp; djbdns is often discussed alongside them because of its separated cache/server design and DJB ecosystem conventions. ### Quellen - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: /etc/tinydns/root/data, /etc/dnscache/root/ip/127.0.0.1, /etc/dnscache/seed ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - axfrdns - 1:1.05-22: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: axfrdns from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DNS zone-transfer server | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Debian apt - djbdns-conf - 1:1.05-22: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: djbdns-conf from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | programs to create service directories | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Debian apt - djbdns-utils - 1:1.05-22: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: djbdns-utils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | dns debugging tools | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Debian apt - dnscache - 1:1.05-22: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dnscache from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DNS cache - tool for finding addresses of Internet hosts | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Debian apt - rbldns - 1:1.05-22: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: rbldns from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | real time blackhole list server | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Debian apt - tinydns - 1:1.05-22: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tinydns from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DNS server - tool for publishing addresses of Internet hosts | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Debian apt - walldns - 1:1.05-22: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: walldns from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | reverse DNS wall | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Nix - djbdns: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dj/djbdns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - axfrdns - 1:1.05-15ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: axfrdns from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DNS zone-transfer server | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Ubuntu apt - djbdns-conf - 1:1.05-15ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: djbdns-conf from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | programs to create service directories | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Ubuntu apt - djbdns-utils - 1:1.05-15ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: djbdns-utils from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | dns debugging tools | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Ubuntu apt - dnscache - 1:1.05-15ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dnscache from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DNS cache - tool for finding addresses of Internet hosts | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Ubuntu apt - rbldns - 1:1.05-15ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rbldns from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | real time blackhole list server | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Ubuntu apt - tinydns - 1:1.05-15ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tinydns from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DNS server - tool for publishing addresses of Internet hosts | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - Ubuntu apt - walldns - 1:1.05-15ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: walldns from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | reverse DNS wall | http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html - apk - djbdns - 1.05-r55: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: djbdns from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Excellent high-performance DNS services | https://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/djbdns.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/djbdns.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph