YADIFA
The facts below are what the maker publishes about YADIFA, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From YADIFA's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| YADIFA | Free | Open source · BSD 3-clause license · no per-license fees |
The facts
Each one read from YADIFA's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Compatibility
- YADIFA is described as compliant with relevant RFCs.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The maker provides source-install instructions and says it does not provide binary packages, though packages are available for several Linux distributions.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The site links to YADIFA manuals and a reference manual.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Dynamic updates
- YADIFA supports DNS updates, including NSupdate with DNSSEC support.checked 4 Oct 2026
- License
- YADIFA is open-source software distributed under the BSD 3-clause license.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- The download page says YADIFA has been compiled on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OS X, and Solaris; Windows is currently unsupported.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Performance
- The maker says YADIFA uses little memory, has a high queries-per-second rate, and loads zone files quickly.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- YADIFA is a lightweight authoritative name server with DNSSEC capabilities.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Release
- The download page lists YADIFA 3.0.3 dated 2025-08-21 as a release.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The CPU must support 64-bit integers and threading, and DNSSEC triples the roughly 135 bytes of memory per record.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Source integrity
- The maker lists a signing key and provides MD5, SHA256, and GPG checksum links for releases.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The contact page provides separate email addresses for general information and bug reports.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Use case
- It is designed to efficiently manage large Internet zones and multiple zones.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Diegem, Belgiumchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- YADIFA was developed by the people behind the .eu top-level domain and EURid lists its headquarters in Diegem, Belgium.checked 4 Oct 2026
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