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diff --git a/network/dnstop/README b/network/dnstop/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..4465add979b92 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/dnstop/README @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +dnstop is a libpcap application (ala tcpdump) that displays various tables of DNS traffic on your network. Currently dnstop displays tables of: + + * Source IP addresses + * Destination IP addresses + * Query types + * Response codes + * Opcodes + * Top level domains + * Second level domains + * Third level domains + * etc... + +dnstop supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. + +To help find especially undesirable DNS queries, dnstop provides a number of filters. The filters tell dnstop to display only the following types of queries: + + * For unknown/invalid TLDs + * A queries where the query name is already an IP address + * PTR queries for RFC1918 address space + +dnstop can either read packets from the live capture device, or from a tcpdump savefile. + +-- +Unless modified, this script compiles with PPP frame support. + +Homepage: http://dns.measurement-factory.com/tools/dnstop/ |