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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f8e67cb --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +# dnsdist +`dnsdist` is a highly DNS-, DoS- and abuse-aware loadbalancer. Its goal in +life is to route traffic to the best server, delivering top performance +to legitimate users while shunting or blocking abusive traffic. + +`dnsdist` is dynamic, in the sense that its configuration can be changed at +runtime, and that its statistics can be queried from a console-like +interface. + +All `dnsdist` features are documented at [dnsdist.org](https://dnsdist.org). + +## Compiling from git + +Make sure to `autoreconf -vi` before running `configure`. + +## macOS Notes + +Install dependencies from Homebrew: + +```sh +brew install autoconf automake boost libedit libsodium libtool lua pkg-config protobuf +``` + +Let configure know where to find libedit, and openssl or libressl: + +```sh +./configure 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/opt/libedit/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/opt/libressl/lib/pkgconfig' +make +``` |