DNSCrypt-proxy

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A tool for securing communications between a client and a DNS resolver

There is WIP to create a PPA. More info at https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy/issues/41.

dnscrypt-proxy provides local service which can be used directly as your local resolver or as a DNS forwarder, encrypting and authenticating requests using the DNSCrypt protocol and passing them to an upstream server, by default OpenDNS who run this on their resolvers.

The DNSCrypt protocol uses high-speed high-security elliptic-curve cryptography and is very similar to DNSCurve, but focuses on securing communications between a client and its first-level resolver.

While not providing end-to-end security, it protects the local network, which is often the weakest point of the chain, against man-in-the-middle attacks. It also provides some confidentiality to DNS queries.

Project information

Maintainer:
pataquets
Driver:
DNSCrypt-proxy
Licence:
Other/Open Source
(dnscrypt-proxy is covered by the following license : /* * Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Frank Denis <j at pureftpd dot org> * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. */ ==== This license applies to all parts of dnscrypt-proxy that are not externally maintained libraries. The externally maintained libraries used by dnscrypt-proxy are: - libsodium (https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium). 2-clause BSD license. Based on NaCl (http://nacl.cr.yp.to), public domain. See src/libsodium/{COPYING,AUTHORS}. - libevent (http://libevent.org/). 3-clause BSD license. See src/libevent/LICENSE.)

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