dns/knot-resolver 5.7.8 FreeBSD

Caching full resolver implementation

System: FreeBSD
Repository: FreeBSD ports
Maintainer: [email protected]
Last update: 2026-09-23
Commit: e5e8f743ee
License: GPLv3+
Categories: dns
Package size: 677.8 KiB, 2757.7 KiB installed

Description

Knot Resolver is a caching DNS resolver scalable from huge resolver farms down to home network routers. Knot Resolver is a modern resolver implementation designed for scalability, resiliency, and flexibility. Its design is different from other resolvers: The core architecture is tiny and efficient, and most of the rich features are implemented as optional modules, which limits attack surface and improves performance.

Install

Binary package:

pkg install knot-resolver

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/dns/knot-resolver/ && make install clean

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

RUN_DEPENDS=	knot-resolver>0:dns/knot-resolver

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	5.7.8	5.7.8	-	5.7.6	5.7.8
FreeBSD:14:quarterly	5.7.8	5.7.8	n/a	5.7.6	5.7.8
FreeBSD:15:latest	5.7.8	5.7.8	n/a	5.7.6	5.7.6
FreeBSD:15:quarterly	5.7.8	5.7.8	n/a	n/a	n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest	5.7.8	5.7.8	n/a	n/a	n/a
FreeBSD:16:quarterly	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Dependencies

As this port's Makefile names them.

Build 4

bash : shells/bash
flake8 : devel/py-flake8
lua51-cqueues>=20200726_1 : devel/lua-cqueues
luacheck : devel/lua-luacheck

Library 6

libgnutls.so : security/gnutls
libknot.so : dns/knot3
liblmdb.so : databases/lmdb
libnghttp2.so : www/libnghttp2
libuv.so : devel/libuv
libzscanner.so : dns/knot3

Runtime 1

lua51-cqueues>=20200726_1 : devel/lua-cqueues

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

Build dependencies 44

Run dependencies 24

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

Options name: dns_knot-resolver

Option	Default	Description
DNSTAP	off	dnstap support
DOCS	off	Build and/or install documentation
EXAMPLES	off	Build and/or install examples
ROOTKEYS	on	Install root.keys
TESTUNIT	off	Build unit tests
TRUSTANCHOR	on	Trust anchor bootstrapping, management and stats

Option

Default

Description

DNSTAP

off

dnstap support

DOCS

off

Build and/or install documentation

EXAMPLES

off

Build and/or install examples

ROOTKEYS

Install root.keys

TESTUNIT

off

Build unit tests

TRUSTANCHOR

Trust anchor bootstrapping, management and stats

USES: cmake:indirect compiler:c11 libedit luajit meson ncurses ninja pkgconfig python:build shebangfix tar:xz
Service scripts: krescachegc, kresd
Conflicts with: knot-1.* knot1-[0-6].*

Message after installing

Please consult the documentation:
   - man kresd
   - https://knot-resolver.readthedocs.io/

  If upgrading:
   - https://knot-resolver.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrading.html

Files

Manual pages 1

kresd(8)

pkg-plist 99

@sample etc/knot-resolver/kresd.conf.sample
etc/knot-resolver/icann-ca.pem
etc/knot-resolver/root.hints
include/libkres/api.h
include/libkres/array.h
include/libkres/cdb_api.h
include/libkres/cdb_lmdb.h
include/libkres/defines.h
include/libkres/dnssec.h
include/libkres/impl.h
include/libkres/iterate.h
include/libkres/layer.h
include/libkres/log.h
include/libkres/lru.h
include/libkres/module.h
include/libkres/nsec.h
include/libkres/nsec3.h
include/libkres/pack.h
include/libkres/queue.h
include/libkres/resolve.h
include/libkres/rplan.h
include/libkres/selection.h
include/libkres/selection_forward.h
include/libkres/selection_iter.h
include/libkres/signature.h
include/libkres/ta.h
include/libkres/trie.h
include/libkres/utils.h
include/libkres/zonecut.h
lib/knot-resolver/ahocorasick.so
lib/knot-resolver/debug_opensslkeylog.so
lib/knot-resolver/distro-preconfig.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kluautil.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres-gen.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/bogus_log.so
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/daf.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/daf/daf.js
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/detect_time_jump.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/detect_time_skew.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/dns64.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/edns_keepalive.so
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/etcd.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/experimental_dot_auth.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/extended_error.so
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/graphite.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/hints.so
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/bootstrap-theme.min.css
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/bootstrap.min.css
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/bootstrap.min.js
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/d3.js
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/datamaps.world.min.js
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/dygraph.min.js
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/epoch.css
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/epoch.js
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/favicon.ico
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/jquery.js
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/kresd.css
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/kresd.js
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/main.tpl
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/selectize.bootstrap3.css
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/selectize.min.js
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http/topojson.js
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http_doh.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http_tls_cert.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/http_trace.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/nsid.so
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/policy.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/predict.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/prefill.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/priming.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/prometheus.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/rebinding.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/refuse_nord.so
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/renumber.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/serve_stale.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/stats.so
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/ta_sentinel.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/ta_signal_query.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/ta_update.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/view.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/watchdog.lua
lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/workarounds.lua
lib/knot-resolver/krprint.lua
lib/knot-resolver/postconfig.lua
lib/knot-resolver/sandbox.lua
lib/knot-resolver/trust_anchors.lua
lib/knot-resolver/upgrade-4-to-5.lua
lib/knot-resolver/zonefile.lua
lib/libkres.a
libdata/pkgconfig/libkres.pc
share/man/man8/kresd.8.gz
sbin/kres-cache-gc
sbin/kresc
sbin/kresd
@dir(,,0755) etc/knot-resolver
@dir(,,0700)

distinfo 1

File	Size	SHA256
knot-resolver-5.7.8.tar.xz	1.927504e+06	e9367304b41a32e9290cb339a0f968b5c590d0453c2b1f26af79268bba08e46c

File

Size

SHA256

knot-resolver-5.7.8.tar.xz

1.927504e+06

e9367304b41a32e9290cb339a0f968b5c590d0453c2b1f26af79268bba08e46c

Master sites 2

https://knot-resolver.nic.cz/release/
https://dns.company/downloads/knot-resolver/

Commit history 2

Date Commit Credits Log message

Date	Commit	Credits	Log message
2026-09-23	`e5e8f743ee`	Leo Vandewoestijne	dns/knot-resolver: Update 5.7.6 => 5.7.8 Upstream now supports: - LMDB 1.0.0. - libdnssec merged into libknot (knot >=3.6). Changelog: https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-resolver/raw/v5.7.8/NEWS PR: 298518 Approved by: osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit)
2026-07-06	`5f9d389f29`	Xin LI	databases/lmdb0: Add port for LMDB 0.9.x legacy ABI LMDB 1.0 introduced an incompatible on-disk format change and subtle API breakage: applications that compiled cleanly against 1.0 headers could fail silently at run time. Known affected ports include dns/knot3, mail/bogofilter, and mail/postfix; the postfix issue has been confirmed upstream. Linux distributions such as Arch Linux have observed the same breakage. Samba can also be affected in certain configurations. Because the regression is not detectable in an -exp build run -- the postfix failure only manifests at run time, and bogofilter was caught only because post-build self-tests happen to exercise this path -- we cannot rely on package builds to validate the 1.0 upgrade. This commit introduces databases/lmdb0 as a holding port for the 0.9.35 …

2026-09-23

e5e8f743ee

Leo Vandewoestijne

dns/knot-resolver: Update 5.7.6 => 5.7.8

Upstream now supports: - LMDB 1.0.0. - libdnssec merged into libknot (knot >=3.6). Changelog: https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-resolver/raw/v5.7.8/NEWS PR: 298518 Approved by: osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit)

2026-07-06

5f9d389f29

Xin LI

databases/lmdb0: Add port for LMDB 0.9.x legacy ABI

LMDB 1.0 introduced an incompatible on-disk format change and subtle API breakage: applications that compiled cleanly against 1.0 headers could fail silently at run time. Known affected ports include dns/knot3, mail/bogofilter, and mail/postfix; the postfix issue has been confirmed upstream. Linux distributions such as Arch Linux have observed the same breakage. Samba can also be affected in certain configurations. Because the regression is not detectable in an -exp build run -- the postfix failure only manifests at run time, and bogofilter was caught only because post-build self-tests happen to exercise this path -- we cannot rely on package builds to validate the 1.0 upgrade. This commit introduces databases/lmdb0 as a holding port for the 0.9.35 …