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namebench

NAME

namebench --- open-source DNS benchmark utility

SYNOPSIS

namebench [nameserver1 ... [nameserverN] ]

DESCRIPTION

namebench searches the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation.
 

OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the README file or visit the project's website.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-r RUN_COUNT, --runs=RUN_COUNT

Number of test runs to perform on each nameserver.

-z CONFIG, --config=CONFIG

Configuration file to use.

-o OUTPUT_FILE, --output=OUTPUT_FILE

Filename to write HTML output to.

-c CSV_FILE, --csv_output=CSV_FILE

Filename to write CSV output to.

-j HEALTH_THREAD_COUNT, --threads=HEALTH_THREAD_COUNT

Number of health check threads to use.

-J BENCHMARK_THREAD_COUNT, --threads=BENCHMARK_THREAD_COUNT

Number of benchmark threads to use.

-y TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT

Number of seconds general requests timeout in.

-Y HEALTH_TIMEOUT, --health_timeout=HEALTH_TIMEOUT

Health check timeout (in seconds).

-i INPUT_SOURCE, --import=INPUT_SOURCE

Import hostnames from an filename or application (alexa, camino, chrome, chromium, epiphany, firefox, flock, galeon, icab, internet_explorer, konqueror, midori, omniweb, opera, safari, seamonkey, squid, sunrise).

-I, --invalidate_cache

Force health cache to be invalidated.

-q QUERY_COUNT, --tests=QUERY_COUNT

Number of queries per run.

-m SELECT_MODE, --select_mode=SELECT_MODE

Selection algorithm to use (weighted, random, chunk).

-s NUM_SERVERS, --num_servers=NUM_SERVERS

Number of nameservers to include in test.

-S, --no_regional

Disable regional_ns servers.

-w, --open_webbrowser

Opens the final report in your browser.

-x, --no_gui

Disable GUI.

-C, --enable-censorship-checks

Enable censorship checks.

-6, --ipv6_only

Only include IPv6 name servers.

-O, --only

Only test nameservers passed as arguments.

SEE ALSO

dig(1), host(1).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Miguel Landaeta <miguel@miguel.cc> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the terms of GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
 

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.