How to Install and Uninstall dnsproxy Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "dnsproxy" package

Learn how to install dnsproxy on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dnsproxy
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dnsproxy" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dnsproxy on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dnsproxy
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnsproxy package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dnsproxy
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.16-0.1build3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Patrick Schoenfeld
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 60
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), adduser, lsb-base
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnsproxy/dnsproxy_1.16-0.1build3_amd64.deb
Size: 15332
MD5sum: d0d09d51ff4746738bb7f1328e1d72de
SHA1: 766a7a964709c640d9260acc8299c20ab4d51264
SHA256: 7e37dd5683d9117b3653a15444e63e8a75f4643abf3c11bccb5fd737dd4b93e4
SHA512: 2ee78393c6c84421bf4f840cb3e7584bf3e0d5b68b75303b497e306f769d691a03cfb0de7e7668cf8f0d7dd0db88a3722a5714c056e1d94a1ba4e5f9413a6e18
Homepage: http://wolfermann.org/dnsproxy.html
Description-en: proxy for DNS queries
dnsproxy forwards DNS queries to two previously configured nameservers:
one for authoritative queries and another for recursive queries.
The received answers are sent back to the client unchanged.
No local caching is done.
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Primary motivation for this project was the need to replace Bind servers with
djbdns in an ISP environment. These servers get recursive queries from
customers and authoritative queries from outside at the same IP address.
Now it is possible to run dnscache and tinydns on the same machine with
queries dispatched by dnsproxy.
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Another possible scenario is a firewall where proxy queries should be
forwarded to the real server in a DMZ.
Description-md5: 6da369a1a9ebbedee375a89b1253ceb5