1 This directory contains contributed scripts, tools, libraries,
2 and other useful additions to BIND 9. It includes:
6 Assorted useful scripts, including 'nanny' which monitors
7 named and restarts it in the event of a crash, 'zone-edit'
8 which enables editing of a dynamic zone, and others
12 A DNS query performance testing tool
16 A performance testing tool for DNS over TCP
20 mkdane.sh generates TLSA records for use with DNS-based
21 Authentication of Named Entities (DANE)
25 Dynamically linkable DLZ modules that can be configured into
26 named at runtime, enabling access to external data sources including
27 LDAP, MySQL, Berkeley DB, perl scripts, etc
31 Old-style DLZ drivers that can be linked into named at compile
32 time. (These are no longer actively maintained and are expected
33 to be deprecated eventually.)
37 SDB drivers: another mechanism for accessing external data
42 Contains source for 'idnkit', which provides support for
43 Internationalized Domain Name processing.
47 A lint-like tool for checking DNS files
51 A tool for retrieving location information stored in the DNS
55 DNSSEC Zone Key Tools, an alternate method for managing keys