nsd 4.3.2 Authoritative DNS name server
NSD, short for Name Server Daemon, is an authoritative name server for the Domain Name System (DNS). It aims to be a fast and RFC-compliant nameserver.
NSD uses zone information compiled via zonec
into a binary database file (nsd.db
). This allows fast startup of the name service daemon and allows syntax-structural errors in zone files to be flagged at compile time, before being made available to NSD service itself. However, most traditional BIND-style zone files can be directly imported into NSD without modification.
The collection of programs and processes that make up NSD are designed so that the daemon itself runs as a non-privileged user and can be easily configured to run in a chroot
jail, thus making any security flaws in NSD less likely to result in system-wide compromise.
- Website: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/about/
- License: Modified BSD
- Package source: dns.scm
- Patches: None
- Builds: x86_64-linux, i686-linux