noorDNS
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The facts
Each one read from noorDNS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access control
- An ACL can allow DNS requests and destination connections by client address or subnet, domain, protocol, and port.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Access controls
- ACL rules can allow or block domains for client IP addresses or subnets, with optional protocol and port rules.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Blocking
- ACL rules can explicitly block a domain or resolve it locally to a specified IP address.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compatibility limit
- The README says nftables and other firewall backends are currently unsupported.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The README gives Debian and Ubuntu 20.04+ as options for prebuilt packages and documents building from source with Rust.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Filtering
- Its included rules target adult content, gambling sites, and other material the project describes as inappropriate.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Firewall
- The documented firewall backend is iptables, with ipset used to manage temporary rules for resolved IP addresses.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository offers the software under either the Apache License 2.0 or the MIT license.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The README says nftables and other firewall backends besides iptables are currently unsupported.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Logging
- The server writes application logs to stderr and access logs to stdout.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Networking
- The feature list states support for IPv4 and IPv6.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Performance
- The server is written in Rust and uses asynchronous I/O for low latency.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Performance limit
- The maintainer says performance has not been measured and describes the server as sufficient for their low-traffic use case.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- noorDNS is described as an Islamic-friendly DNS filtering proxy server with firewall integration.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The README advises against running the server as root and describes granting CAP_NET_ADMIN and CAP_NET_RAW capabilities for firewall changes.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Setup
- The README documents prebuilt Debian packages for Debian or Ubuntu 20.04 and later, and building from source for other setups.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The GitHub account owning the repository identifies its profile name as Mehedi Hasan and location as Bangladesh.checked 11 Oct 2026
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