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DNS query tool (host(1) or nslookup(1) replacement)

You can use getent. See getent --help. $ getent hosts google.com 172.217.194.139 google.com 172.217.194.102 google.com 172.217.194.100 google.com 172.217.194.101 google.com 172.217.194.138 google.com ...
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Set custom DNS servers in Google Chrome?

This is the correct answer, go to google chrome settings > Advanced > Security search DNS and enter with customized: https://1.1.1.1/dns-query you will get DNS over https check https://1.1.1.1/...
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DNS server with filtering

WinGate will do all this, with the exception of IPv6 support. the DNS server pushes an event whenever there is a request, which you can attach policy or event handlers to. Policy can specify a ...
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DNS server with filtering

Acrylic DNS Proxy sounds like what you need. It supports every Windows version from Windows 2000 to 10 (inclusive)[1]; It is very light-weight (just 428kB); Caching can be disabled with a setting in ...
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Windows service for updating dyndns host IP

First of all, the best thing you could do is set up your router to automatically update dyndns (mine has this option). This is good because you don't need your PC to be on for the IP to update and ...
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Local DNS forwarder for Windows

WinGate will do all of this. By default its internal DNS client uses the local host environment's DNS servers, but you can also add DNS servers to be used per domain. DNS is free as well in terms ...
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Set custom DNS servers in Google Chrome?

The 1.1.1.1 DNS Server is a partnership between Cloudflare and APNIC. Setting up 1.1.1.1 on Windows PC takes two minutes and requires no technical skill or special software. Even if you’re a computer ...
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I need a software like intra but for PC to bypass my country's (Indonesia) firewall

My understanding is that Intra uses DNS over HTTPS to encrypt your data. If it's possible for you to upgrade to Windows 11, then you can have the feature natively in the settings. Here is a guide on ...
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Site/DNS with subdomain to any private IP addresses?

I would guess you're referring to xip.io. I'm not sure what more meaningful information I can add here, though. I read about this first in the "Ansible: Up and Running" book and have never used it ...
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Custom DNS Server for dynamic TXT Records

I ended up using a PowerDNS pipe, written in bash, based on xip.io's source code.
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DNS health tests before transfer

A tool like Zonemaster (online or installable locally) has a special "pre-delegation" test where you can test a specific domain on a specific set of nameservers (by providing their names and IP ...
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DNS health tests before transfer

What tests are you wanting to run exactly? named-checkconf and named-checkzone work great for checking config. Usage- named-checkconf - checks syntax of /etc/bind/named.conf* and all file that ...
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DNS configuration simulation?

I have my students build a LAN of 5 machines (router, DNS, dhcp, samba, client) in VirtualBox. Using Debian or ubuntu server edition the VMs are small. The client can be a linux Live CD image so you ...
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How to make porn websites return a 404 error?

There's is no absolute solution. There are millions of adult websites on the internet and thousands of new ones are created every day, no one can have a complete list of all URLs. For blocking ...
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DNS query tool (host(1) or nslookup(1) replacement)

I haven't tried and don't have Debian box, but there is an alternative to bindutils called ldns which provides a utility called drill that is supposed to work similar to dig. ldnsutils should be ...
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Gratis Dynamic DNS service which doesn't require frequent updates?

Try afraid.org, the site looks old, but they offer a very full featured service. It does have a free plan, with I think 5 free domains, they don't have a required update interval, and you can update ...
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Gratis Dynamic DNS service which doesn't require frequent updates?

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain), a DNS server, can do that for you. A German Howto (Google-translated variant) shows you how to set that up on your own server. An extract here: Requirements A ...
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open source DNS management

I came across AtomiaDNS lately and it may be worth a look. Provides all requested features. An API is also available, even if it's not a pure REST API.
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