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DNS Daddy: Building an Open-Source Protective DNS Resolver
The thinking behind DNS Daddy — an open-source project exploring protective DNS and threat intelligence.
James Houlder1 min read
Draft. Project write-up in progress. See dnsdaddy.dev and the GitHub repository.
What is protective DNS?
Blocking resolution of known-malicious domains before a connection is ever made.
Project goals
- Explore secure resolver design
- Integrate threat intelligence feeds
- Keep it understandable and open
Architecture
To be documented.
Testing a lookup
dig @127.0.0.1 example.com +short
Roadmap
To be written.
- #dns
- #dns-daddy
- #threat-intelligence
- #open-source
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