# hostdb を Homebrew でインストール hostdb のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。 ## インストール ```sh sudo av install brew:hostdb ``` 追加のインストールコマンド: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install hostdb ``` 証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata ## パッケージ情報 - **パッケージキー:** brew:hostdb - **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew - **バージョン:** 1.004 - **ソース概要:** Generate DNS zones and DHCP configuration from hostlist.txt - **ホームページ:** - **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## 実行可能ファイル - Example_comparezones (エイリアス) - NIdhcpupdate (エイリアス) - canonzone (エイリアス) - catif (エイリアス) - checkrootcache (エイリアス) - copy-if-change (エイリアス) - genrange (エイリアス) - mergeiplists (エイリアス) - mkdestinations (エイリアス) - mknamedconf (エイリアス) - mkzones (エイリアス) - sortbyip (エイリアス) - zone2hostdb (エイリアス) - zone2hostdbhelper (エイリアス) ## インストール挙動 - Bottle: 利用不可 ## バージョンと鮮度 - ページ生成日: 2026-08-03 - マネージャ版: 1.004 ## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方 HostDB is a DNS and DHCP generation system built around a plain-text host database. The project predates modern infrastructure-as-code branding but follows the same practical idea: keep host data in a readable source file, generate BIND zone files and ISC DHCP configuration, and deploy generated artifacts repeatably. ### プロジェクトの歴史 The archived project and bundled documentation identify HostDB as a complete system rather than a single script. The source archive includes generators such as `mkzones`, `mknamedconf`, `zone2hostdb`, `genrange`, comparison helpers, example configurations, and a `hostdb.txt` data model. The LISA 2005 paper by Thomas Limoncelli describes HostDB as a system for generating DNS zone files, BIND configurations, and ISC DHCP server configurations. It emphasizes simplicity: no SQL database or web server, just text input, generation scripts, and deployable output. ### 採用の歴史 HostDB's adoption appears to be mostly historical and system-administrator oriented. Its Google Code archive and Homebrew formula preserve it for users who want the original toolchain or need to inspect an older text-driven network-configuration workflow. ### 使われ方 A HostDB workflow starts from a host database text file and supporting zone/destination configuration. The packaged executables generate zones, named configuration, DHCP output, root-cache checks, and conversion helpers, with examples included in the source archive. The package is most relevant in environments where DNS/DHCP data should be generated from source-controlled text, but where running a database-backed IPAM system would be excessive. ### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性 HostDB is a preserved sysadmin artifact: small scripts, text files, and generated network configuration. For package nerds, it marks an older branch of infrastructure automation that sits between hand-edited zone files and heavyweight IPAM/configuration-management systems. ### タイムライン - 2005: HostDB is presented in a LISA paper focused on host-to-DNS/DHCP generation. - 2016: Google Code archive source snapshot preserves README, docs, scripts, examples, and the LISA paper. - Homebrew era: A formula packages HostDB as a command-line DNS/DHCP generation tool. ### Related projects - BIND/named and ISC DHCP are the generated configuration targets. - IPAM and configuration-management tools are related by problem domain, although HostDB deliberately uses a simpler text-file model. - Google Code Archive is related as the preservation surface for the project. ### ソース - Google Code Archive and source archive: project files, README, docs, examples, and executables. - Homebrew input metadata: package description and executable list. - USENIX LISA 2005 paper: original system description and design rationale. ## セキュリティノート narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低 - 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: hostlist.txt ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/hostdb.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/hostdb.yml) ## ソース - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph