D. J. Bernstein

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DNScache

Other DNS software

Servers

BIND, the Buggy Internet Name Daemon, is a general-purpose DNS server. BIND is included with current UNIX distributions.

Dents is a general-purpose DNS server.

lbnamed is a load-balancing DNS server. Like pickdns, it actively bounces between different answers; unlike pickdns, it gives only one address at a time to each client. The distinguishing feature of lbnamed is that it monitors the load of the target servers and avoids giving out the address of a heavily loaded server.

lbdns is another load-balancing DNS server.

I've heard some reports of DNS servers with client-differentiation features similar to pickdns.

Caches

BIND includes a DNS cache.

Dents includes a DNS cache.

I don't know why anyone would want to use these caches in place of dnscache.

Stub resolvers

libresolv is a stub resolver library. libresolv is included with current UNIX distributions.

adns is a stub resolver library.

ares is a stub resolver library.