dns/kadnode 2.4.3 FreeBSD

P2P name resolution daemon

System: FreeBSD
Repository: FreeBSD ports
Maintainer: [email protected]
Last update: 2026-09-10
Commit: 10660eabba
License: MIT
Categories: dns
Package size: 61.4 KiB, 132.0 KiB installed

Description

KadNode finds the IP address of other instances on the Internet or local network. It is used like DNS, but is based on the decentralized BitTorrent network.

KadNode intercepts .p2p domain queries on the systems level and resolves them using a decentralized Kademlia DHT network. Additionally, TLS authentication can be used to make sure the correct IP address was found. If successful, the IP address is passed to the application making the request.

Features:

* Support for two kinds of domains: ** public key domains as <public-key>.p2p *** No need to exchange any further keys/certificates *** Uses secp256r1 ECC key pairs ** named domains like yourdomain.com.p2p *** Needs pre-shared certificates (self-signed root certificates or e.g. Let's Encrypt) *** Uses TLS session handshake for authentication * IPv4/IPv6 support * UPnP/NAT-PMP support * Local peer discovery * Small size / ~100KB depending on features / ~50KB compressed * Command line control program * NSS support through /etc/nsswitch.conf * DNS server interface and DNS proxy ** Handles A (IPv4 address),AAAA (IPv6), and SRV requests * Packages for ArchLinux, Debian, FreeBSD, MacOSX, OpenWrt, Windows * Peer file import/export on startup/shutdown and every 24h * Uses sha256 hash method

Install

Binary package:

pkg install kadnode

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/dns/kadnode/ && make install clean

To depend on this port in another port's Makefile:

RUN_DEPENDS=	kadnode>0:dns/kadnode

Packages

The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.

Repository

aarch64

amd64

armv6

armv7

i386

FreeBSD:14:latest

2.4.3

2.3.0_1

2.4.1_1

2.4.3

FreeBSD:14:quarterly

2.4.3

n/a

2.4.1_1

2.4.3

FreeBSD:15:latest

2.4.3

n/a

2.4.1_1

FreeBSD:15:quarterly

2.4.3

n/a

FreeBSD:16:latest

2.4.3

n/a

FreeBSD:16:quarterly

n/a

Dependencies

The Makefile names none itself; they come from USES and USE_*.

The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.

Build dependencies 4

Run dependencies 1

security/mbedtls3

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

Options name: dns_kadnode

Option

Default

Description

AUTH

Authorization support based on mbedtls

CMD

Command line control tool kadnode-ctl

DEBUG

off

Build with debug messages and symbols

DNS

off

Include local DNS interface

LPD

Local peer discovery

NATPMP

off

NAT-PMP support (remote port forwarding on the router)

NSS

Name Service Switch support to intercept host queries

UPNP

off

UPnP support (remote port forwarding on the router)

USES: cpe gmake
Service scripts: kadnode

Message after installing

In order to resolve domains using kadnode all over the system, add this
line to your /etc/nsswitch.conf:

hosts: files kadnode dns

If the hosts line already exists, just add kadnode before the dns entry.

Files

Manual pages 1

kadnode(1)

pkg-plist 6

bin/kadnode
bin/kadnode-ctl
@sample etc/kadnode/kadnode.conf.sample
@sample etc/kadnode/peers.txt.sample
lib/nss_kadnode.so.1
share/man/man1/kadnode.1.gz

distinfo 1

File

Size

SHA256

mwarning-KadNode-v2.4.3_GH0.tar.gz

466816

2ccffb19dd9030a946be3c02c994a6ff033b2fac6455ddec1bb39bd73856e223

Commit history 2

Date Commit Credits Log message

2026-09-10 10660eabba Bernhard Froehlich dns/kadnode: Fix CPE vendor information

2026-09-02

7791ce1a15

Moritz Warning

dns/kadnode: Update 2.4.1 => 2.4.3

While here, convert pkg-message to UCL format. Changelog: https://github.com/mwarning/KadNode/blob/v2.4.3/changelog PR: 298111 Reported by: Moritz Warning <[email protected]> (maintainer) Approved by: osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit)