ctrld is a highly configurable DNS forwarding proxy.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Multiple listeners for incoming queries.
- Multiple upstreams with fallbacks.
- Multiple network policy driven DNS query steering (via network cidr, MAC address or FQDN).
- Policy driven domain based “split horizon” DNS with wildcard support.
- Integrations with common router vendors and firmware.
- LAN client discovery via DHCP, mDNS, ARP, NDP, hosts file parsing.
- Prometheus metrics exporter.
- Supports all DNS protocols:
- UDP 53.
- DNS-over-HTTPS.
- DNS-over-TLS.
- DNS-over-HTTP/3 (DOH3).
- DNS-over-QUIC.
Website: github.com/Control-D-Inc/ctrld
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Developer: Control D Inc
License: MIT License
ctrld is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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