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diff --git a/doc/introduction.rst b/doc/introduction.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b1982d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/introduction.rst @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.. highlight:: none +.. _Introduction: + +************ +Introduction +************ + +What is Knot DNS +================ + +Knot DNS is a high-performance open-source DNS server. It +implements only the authoritative domain name service. Knot DNS +can reliably serve TLD domains as well as any other zones. + +Knot DNS benefits from its multi-threaded and mostly lock-free +implementation which allows it to scale well on SMP systems and +operate non-stop even when adding or removing zones. + +For more info and downloads see `www.knot-dns.cz <https://www.knot-dns.cz>`_. + +Knot DNS features +================= + +DNS features: + +* Master and slave operation +* Internet class (IN) +* DNS extension (EDNS0) +* TCP and UDP protocols +* Dynamic zone updates +* DNSSEC with NSEC and NSEC3 +* Transaction signature using TSIG +* Full and incremental zone transfers (AXFR, IXFR) +* Name server identification using NSID or Chaos TXT records +* Resource record types A, NS, CNAME, SOA, PTR, HINFO, MINFO, MX, + TXT, RP, AFSDB, RT, KEY, AAAA, LOC, SRV, NAPTR, KX, CERT, DNAME, APL, DS, + SSHFP, IPSECKEY, RRSIG, NSEC, DNSKEY, DHCID, NSEC3, NSEC3PARAM, TLSA, CDS, + CDNSKEY, SPF, NID, L32, L64, LP, EUI48, EUI64, URI, CAA, and Unknown + +Server features: + +* IPv4 and IPv6 support +* Semantic zone checks +* Server control interface +* Zone journal storage +* Persistent zone event timers +* YAML-based or database-based configuration +* Query processing modules with dynamic loading +* On-the-fly zone management and server reconfiguration +* Automatic DNSSEC signing with automatic key maganement and PKCS #11 interface + +Remarkable module extensions: + +* Response rate limiting +* Forward and reverse records synthesis +* DNS request traffic statistics +* Dnstap traffic logging +* Online DNSSEC signing +* GeoIP response tailoring supporting ECS and DNSSEC + +License +======= + +Knot DNS is licensed under the `GNU General Public License <https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>`_ +version 3 or (at your option) any later version. The full text of the license +is available in the ``COPYING`` file distributed with source code. |