Comparison of DNS server software
Feature matrix

Comparison of DNS server software

Section Title: Feature matrix
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Server	Authoritative	Recursive	Recursion ACL	Slave mode	Caching	DNSSEC	TSIG	IPv6	Wildcard	Free Software	Interface	split horizon

AnswerX	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	API, command line	Yes

BIND	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (since 9.x)	Yes (since 4.x)	Yes	Web, command line	Yes

PowerDNS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (since 3.0)	Yes (since 3.0)	Yes	Yes	Yes	REST, Web, command line	Partial

djbdns	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Partial via generic records. [12]	Partial	Yes	command line and web (VegaDNS & NicTool)	Yes

dbndns	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Partial	Yes	command line and web	Yes

pdnsd	Partial	Yes	Partial	Partial	Yes	No	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	command line, pdnsd-ctl program	Partial

MaraDNS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	No	Partial	Yes	Yes	command line	No

Posadis	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	command line, API	No

Unbound	Partial	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	command line, API	Yes

Dnsmasq	Partial	No	No	No	Yes	Yes (since 2.69)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	command line	Partial

NSD	Yes	No	N/A	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	command line	No

Knot DNS	Yes	No	N/A	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	command line	No

dnrd	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	?	Yes	command line	No

gdnsd	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	command line	Yes

YADIFA	Yes	No	N/A	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	command line	No

yaku-ns	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	command line	?

Microsoft DNS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	GUI, command line, API, WMI, RPC	Yes

Simple DNS Plus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	GUI, Web, command line	Yes

Nominum ANS	Yes	No	N/A	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	command line, api, SOAP Interface, SNMP	Yes

Nominum Vantio	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	command line, api, SOAP Interface, SNMP	Yes

DNS Blast	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	CLI, SOAP, REST, SNMP, DNSTAP	Yes

Secure64 DNS Authority	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Command Line or Web GUI	Yes

Secure64 DNS Cache	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Command Line or Web GUI	Yes

Technitium DNS Server	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Command Line, Web GUI, or REST API	No

Server	Authoritative	Recursive	Recursion ACL	Slave mode	Caching	DNSSEC	TSIG	IPv6	Wildcard	Free Software	Interface	split horizon

Sentence(s)

DNSSEC was added in Dnsmasq 2.69.
DNSSEC was added in Dnsmasq version 2.69.

final_sentence: DNSSEC was added in Dnsmasq 2.69.
final_sentence: DNSSEC was added in Dnsmasq version 2.69.