YADIFA

Spec sheet

Product

YADIFA is a lightweight authoritative name server with DNSSEC capabilities.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Deployment

The maker provides source-install instructions and says it does not provide binary packages, though packages are available for several Linux distributions.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Support

The contact page provides separate email addresses for general information and bug reports.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

License

YADIFA is open-source software distributed under the BSD 3-clause license.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Headquarters

Diegem, BelgiumRead 28 Sep 2026 · yadifa.eu

Maker

YADIFA was developed by the people behind the .eu top-level domain and EURid lists its headquarters in Diegem, Belgium.Read 4 Oct 2026 · eurid.eu

Compatibility

YADIFA is described as compliant with relevant RFCs.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Documentation

The site links to YADIFA manuals and a reference manual.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Dynamic updates

YADIFA supports DNS updates, including NSupdate with DNSSEC support.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Operating systems

The download page says YADIFA has been compiled on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OS X, and Solaris; Windows is currently unsupported.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Performance

The maker says YADIFA uses little memory, has a high queries-per-second rate, and loads zone files quickly.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Release

The download page lists YADIFA 3.0.3 dated 2025-08-21 as a release.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Requirements

The CPU must support 64-bit integers and threading, and DNSSEC triples the roughly 135 bytes of memory per record.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Source integrity

The maker lists a signing key and provides MD5, SHA256, and GPG checksum links for releases.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

Use case

It is designed to efficiently manage large Internet zones and multiple zones.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yadifa.eu

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Where Specifiction places it

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