How to Install and Uninstall dnsproxy Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "dnsproxy" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install dnsproxy on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dnsproxy
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 128
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Patrick Schoenfeld
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.16-0.1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libevent-2.0-5 (>= 2.0.10-stable), adduser, lsb-base
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnsproxy/dnsproxy_1.16-0.1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 16632
MD5sum: d148b7ca26a2f7e852938cee577a01ad
SHA1: e1f3291c2ebe842a0fe9939982f47a0de2102a83
SHA256: 81e83251d8d0691b0e0b446b7d2b8a09e22f094b55365851092505cd82d21f64
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
Homepage: http://wolfermann.org/dnsproxy.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu