noorDNS

Spec sheet

Product

noorDNS is described as an Islamic-friendly DNS filtering proxy server with firewall integration.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Deployment

The README gives Debian and Ubuntu 20.04+ as options for prebuilt packages and documents building from source with Rust.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security

The README advises against running the server as root and describes granting CAP_NET_ADMIN and CAP_NET_RAW capabilities for firewall changes.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The repository offers the software under either the Apache License 2.0 or the MIT license.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maker

The GitHub account owning the repository identifies its profile name as Mehedi Hasan and location as Bangladesh.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Access control

An ACL can allow DNS requests and destination connections by client address or subnet, domain, protocol, and port.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Access controls

ACL rules can allow or block domains for client IP addresses or subnets, with optional protocol and port rules.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Blocking

ACL rules can explicitly block a domain or resolve it locally to a specified IP address.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Compatibility limit

The README says nftables and other firewall backends are currently unsupported.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Filtering

Its included rules target adult content, gambling sites, and other material the project describes as inappropriate.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Firewall

The documented firewall backend is iptables, with ipset used to manage temporary rules for resolved IP addresses.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Limits

The README says nftables and other firewall backends besides iptables are currently unsupported.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Logging

The server writes application logs to stderr and access logs to stdout.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Networking

The feature list states support for IPv4 and IPv6.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Performance

The server is written in Rust and uses asynchronous I/O for low latency.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Performance limit

The maintainer says performance has not been measured and describes the server as sufficient for their low-traffic use case.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Setup

The README documents prebuilt Debian packages for Debian or Ubuntu 20.04 and later, and building from source for other setups.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Internet Filtering Software#55 of 656.8