MaraDNS is a package that implements the Domain Name Service (DNS), an essential internet service. MaraDNS has the following advantages:
· Secure. MaraDNS has the best security history of any currently maintained DNS server; there have been no exploitable security holes found in a stable release of MaraDNS that were caused by MaraDNS' code.
· Supported. MaraDNS has a long history of being maintained and updated. MaraDNS was originally created in 2001. MaraDNS 1.0 was released in 2002 and MaraDNS 1.2 was released in December of 2005. MaraDNS has been extensively tested, both with a SQA process and with over four years of real-world use. MaraDNS continues to be fully supported: The most recent release was done on January 9, 2007.
· Easy to use. A basic recursive configuration needs only a single three-line configuration file. A basic authoritative configuration needs only a four-line configuration file and a one-line zone file. MaraDNS is fully documented, with both easy-to-follow tutorials and a complete and up-to-date reference manual.
· Small. MaraDNS is well suited for embedded applications and other environments where the server must use the absolute minimum number of resources possible. MaraDNS' binary is smaller than that of any other currently maintained recursive DNS server.

The MaraDNS .zip file contains a Windows native binary of MaraDNS. This is a partial port of MaraDNS to Windows. While this port does not have all of the security nor features of the Linux/UNIX version of MaraDNS, this port allows Windows to have a basic, reasonably secure DNS client and recursive resolver. People who want a full Windows port of MaraDNS can compile MaraDNS on Cygwin.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Fixed bug where MaraDNS did not correctly echo the rd bit the client sent us.
· The RA bit in the header is cleared when sending an authoritative answer, and set when sending a recursive answer. Thanks to Jan Hrdonka for the bug report.
· Allow there to be CSV2 zone files with nothing but SOA and NS records.
· One of the ICANN root servers has just changed, and is updated in the MaraDNS code