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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "validns" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install validns on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall validns on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: validns
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8+git20170804-0ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Casper Gielen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 405
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libjudydebian1, libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/v/validns/validns_0.8+git20170804-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 55116
MD5sum: f96df63b17be492d03df09e2367e99f3
SHA1: 202b36a2d3457140809f765f0c85efd39f725124
SHA256: a89ea45bf4d88d113bda4f48736573ebad6b3d39b187b97a4da77043bb0ccd28
SHA512: dd162d0f42b30bec86fe8e0250094b57341c0c1ca07db14e3a430246cf1e082975ddae6193137bc39892c9d61c02e4a49609138acbc0ccdd53212ff7c05510c7
Homepage: http://www.validns.net/
Description-en: high performance DNS/DNSSEC zone validator
Validns is a standalone command line RFC 1034/1035 zone file validation tool
that, in addition to basic syntactic and semantic zone checks, includes DNSSEC
signature verification and NSEC/NSEC3 chain validation, as well a number of
optional policy checks on the zone.
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The utility was developed with the goal of it being the last verification step
in the chain of production and publication of one or more zones containing up
to many thousands (or millions) of signed records, making the speed of
operation a primary focus, and reflect on validns’ design.
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The utility is currently being used by several major DNS operators.
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Currently, validns offers the following features:
- parse RFC 1035-compliant zone files (so called “BIND” file format)
- supports most of the standard record types
- informs the user precisely where and what the errors are
- verifies RRSIG signatures
- NSEC/NSEC3 chain validation
- supports signature validation in the future or in the past
- built-in policy checks
Description-md5: d7e64cf7ea0828951980d5f7bc1fe518