Open-source dns benchmark utility
namebench [nameserver1 ... [nameserverN]]
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.
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.
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.
Thomas Strömberg <[email protected]>