SYNOPSIS

namebench [nameserver1 ... [nameserverN]]

DESCRIPTION

namebench searches the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation.

OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the README file or visit the project's website.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-rRUN_COUNT,--runs=RUN_COUNT

Number of test runs to perform on each nameserver.

-zCONFIG,--config=CONFIG

Configuration file to use.

-oOUTPUT_FILE,--output=OUTPUT_FILE

Filename to write output to.

-tTEMPLATE,--template=TEMPLATE

Template to use for output generation (ascii, html, resolv.conf).

-cCSV_FILE,--csv_output=CSV_FILE

Filename to write query details to (CSV).

-jHEALTH_THREAD_COUNT,--threads=HEALTH_THREAD_COUNT

Number of health check threads to use.

-JBENCHMARK_THREAD_COUNT,--threads=BENCHMARK_THREAD_COUNT

Number of benchmark threads to use.

-PPING_TIMEOUT,--ping_timeout=PING_TIMEOUT

Number of seconds ping requests timeout in.

-yTIMEOUT,--timeout=TIMEOUT

Number of seconds general requests timeout in.

-YHEALTH_TIMEOUT,--health_timeout=HEALTH_TIMEOUT

Health check timeout (in seconds).

-iINPUT_SOURCE,--import=INPUT_SOURCE

Import hostnames from an filename or application (alexa, cachehit, cachemiss, cachemix, camino, chrome, chromium, epiphany, firefox, flock, galeon, icab, internet_explorer, konqueror, midori, omniweb, opera, safari, seamonkey, squid, sunrise).

-I, --invalidate_cache

Force health cache to be invalidated.

-qQUERY_COUNT,--tests=QUERY_COUNT

Number of queries per run.

-mSELECT_MODE,--select_mode=SELECT_MODE

Selection algorithm to use (weighted, random, chunk).

-sNUM_SERVERS,--num_servers=NUM_SERVERS

Number of nameservers to include in test.

-S, --system_only

Only test the currently configured system nameservers.

-w, --open_webbrowser

Opens the final report in your browser.

-u, --upload_results

Upload anonmyized results to SITE_URL (default: False).

-USITE_URL,--site_url=SITE_URL

URL to upload results to (default: http://namebench.appspot.com/).

-H, --hide_results

Upload results, but keep them hidden from indexes.

-x, --no_gui

Disable GUI.

-C, --enable-censorship-checks

Enable censorship checks.

-6, --ipv6_only

Only include IPv6 name servers.

-O, --only

Only test nameservers passed as arguments.

COPYRIGHT

This manual page was written by Miguel Landaeta <[email protected]> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the terms of GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

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AUTHOR

Thomas Strömberg <[email protected]>