Accept DNS queries and perform encrpyted lookups via Cloudflares HTTPS DNS api
Bind to port 53 and translate local dns queries
To run the DNS server locally run the compiled binary. You may need admin priveleges as the program binds to port 53 to accept queries
sudo ./dns-service
> 2022-04-04T22:53:28+01:00: [INFO] listening on port [53]Once running you can test the server with dig
dig @localhost google.comTo see more verbose information
sudo OUTPUT_LEVEL=0 ./dns-service
The server has the ability to redirect domains to a custom IP, often used for ad-blocking or internal hosts. To setup a filter list create a text file like below, with each record on a new line
127.0.0.1 example1.com
127.0.0.1 example2.com
Then start the server with the following environment variable set
sudo FILTER_FILE=myfilters.txt ./dns-serviceMore to come