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YADIFAD(8) YADIFA YADIFAD(8) NAME YADIFAD - an authoritative Internet domain name server. SYNOPSIS yadifad [--config|-c configfile] [--daemon|-d] [-u uid] [-g gid] [-V] [-h] DESCRIPTION yadifad is a Domain Name System (DNS) server, part of the YADIFA distribu- tion from EURid vzw/asbl. The latest version of YADIFA can be found on: http://www.yadifa.eu/download yadifad reads the zone files from yadifad.conf, and starts up an authorita- tive name server. It listens to UDP and TCP DNS queries and returns an- swers from its own database. yadifad knows the main DNS protocols: * AXFR * IXFR * DNSSEC * DNS Update * NOTIFY yadifad works only with 1 CLASS: Class Value Defini- tion IN 1 Internet class yadifad supports following TYPES: Type Value Defining RFC A 1 1035 AAAA 28 3596 CNAME 5 1035 DNSKEY 48 4034 DS 43 4034 HINFO 12 1035 MX 15 1035 NAPTR 35 3403 NS 2 1035 NSEC 47 4034 NSEC3 50 5155 NSEC3PARAM 51 5155 PTR 12 1035 RRSIG 46 4034 SOA 6 1035 SRV 33 2782 SSHFP 44 4255 TXT 16 1035 Other tyes and pseudo resource records: Type Value Defining RFC * 255 1035 AXFR 252 1035 IXFR 251 1035 OPT 41 6891 OPTIONS [--config|-c configfile] Another config file will be used. [--daemon|-d] Starts the name server in daemon mode (default) [--uid|-u uid] Starts the name server with the given uid. [--gid|-g gid] Starts the name server with the given gid. [-V] Shows version information. [--help|-h] Shows a help text SIGNALS SIGHUP reloads the zone and key sections in the configuration file and re- loads the zone file(s) with incremented serial number, and close all log files and reopens them. SIGINT shutdowns the server SIGTERM (see SIGINT) CONFIGURATION The yadifad.conf itself is mandatory, but can be empty. No options is needed for using yadifad DNS name server. The yadifad configuration options can be found in yadifad.conf.5 man page. A complete description is provided in the YADIFA 3.0.2 Reference Manual (YM24). FILES yadifad.conf The YADIFA configuration file. yadifad The name server binary. yadifad.8 This man page. yadifad.conf.5 Configuration man page for YADIFA. SEE ALSO yadifad.conf(5) REQUIREMENTS OpenSSL yadifad requires OpenSSL version 1.1.1 or later. CHANGES Please check the README file from the source code. VERSION Version: 3.0.2 of 2025-03-11. MAILING LISTS There is a mailinglist for questions relating to any program in the yadifa package: * yadifa-users@mailinglists.yadifa.eu for submitting questions/answers. * http://www.yadifa.eu/mailing-list-users for subscription requests. If you would like to stay informed about new versions and official patches send a subscription request to via: * http://www.yadifa.eu/mailing-list-announcements (this is a read-only list). LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (C)2011-2025, EURid vzw/asbl B-1831 Diegem, Belgium info@yadifa.eu AUTHORS Gery Van Emelen Email: Gery.VanEmelen@EURid.eu Eric Diaz Fernandez Email: Eric.DiazFernandez@EURid.eu WWW: http://www.EURid.eu YADIFA 2025-03-11 YADIFAD(8)
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