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31 lines
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ttdnsd accepts DNS requests via UDP and forwards the to a resolving nameserver
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via TCP. The actual requests are really just forwarded so one has complete
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access to the nameserver ttdnsd is talking to. -- It's not a very complicated
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process. If there are no problems with the setup it could go as smoothly as
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connecting to the 'net using a mobile broadband dongle.
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ttdnsd only connects to the resolving nameserver after receiving a request via
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UDP. For each connection ttdnsd randomly selects one of the nameservers it
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knows about. The connection will be used for forwarding multiple requests in a
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pipelined fashion and is kept open only until no more requests are received
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via UDP. This pipelining is required to overcome the initial connection
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overhead time which is quite long when using Tor.
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To run this service at system startup, edit your rc.local and add this code:
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if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ttdsnd ]; then
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/etc/rc.d/rc.ttdsnd start
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fi
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after the similar code used to start the Tor service. To stop the service add
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this to your rc.local_shutdown:
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if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ttdsnd ]; then
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/etc/rc.d/rc.ttdsnd stop
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fi
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before the Tor shutdown routines. Remember that this package acts like a DNS
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resolver so it listens by default on port 53. If you're going to run another
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DNS server like bind either as a cache to this server or in parallel, remember
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to modify ttdnsd default port or it will not start.
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