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author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 03:28:57 -0400 |
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committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 03:28:57 -0400 |
commit | ce3e7ad590249eed1066571e8d13b8d242c9c1ee (patch) | |
tree | 803703a96f651e8a30cff53637733b95f6f4572a /network/ttdnsd | |
parent | 7fe85953d2a40758dac512a86cffbb42adc4f170 (diff) | |
download | slackbuilds-ce3e7ad590249eed1066571e8d13b8d242c9c1ee.tar.gz |
network/ttdnsd: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/network/ttdnsd/README b/network/ttdnsd/README index 2f24e6238c..cc9a454851 100644 --- a/network/ttdnsd/README +++ b/network/ttdnsd/README @@ -1,30 +1,35 @@ -ttdnsd accepts DNS requests via UDP and forwards the to a resolving nameserver -via TCP. The actual requests are really just forwarded so one has complete -access to the nameserver ttdnsd is talking to. -- It's not a very complicated -process. If there are no problems with the setup it could go as smoothly as -connecting to the 'net using a mobile broadband dongle. +ttdnsd accepts DNS requests via UDP and forwards the to a resolving +nameserver via TCP. The actual requests are really just forwarded so +one has complete access to the nameserver ttdnsd is talking to. -ttdnsd only connects to the resolving nameserver after receiving a request via -UDP. For each connection ttdnsd randomly selects one of the nameservers it -knows about. The connection will be used for forwarding multiple requests in a -pipelined fashion and is kept open only until no more requests are received -via UDP. This pipelining is required to overcome the initial connection -overhead time which is quite long when using Tor. +It's not a very complicated process. If there are no problems with the +setup it could go as smoothly as connecting to the 'net using a mobile +broadband dongle. -To run this service at system startup, edit your rc.local and add this code: +ttdnsd only connects to the resolving nameserver after receiving +a request via UDP. For each connection ttdnsd randomly selects one +of the nameservers it knows about. The connection will be used for +forwarding multiple requests in a pipelined fashion and is kept open +only until no more requests are received via UDP. This pipelining is +required to overcome the initial connection overhead time which is +quite long when using Tor. + +To run this service at system startup, edit your rc.local and add this +code: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ttdsnd ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.ttdsnd start fi -after the similar code used to start the Tor service. To stop the service add -this to your rc.local_shutdown: +...after the similar code used to start the Tor service. To stop the +service add this to your rc.local_shutdown: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ttdsnd ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.ttdsnd stop fi -before the Tor shutdown routines. Remember that this package acts like a DNS -resolver so it listens by default on port 53. If you're going to run another -DNS server like bind either as a cache to this server or in parallel, remember -to modify ttdnsd default port or it will not start. +...before the Tor shutdown routines. Remember that this package acts +like a DNS resolver so it listens by default on port 53. If you're +going to run another DNS server like bind either as a cache to this +server or in parallel, remember to modify ttdnsd default port or it +will not start. |