Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install dnstracer

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install dnstracer

MacPorts ports tree · net/dnstracer/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add dnstracer

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dnstracer · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install dnstracer

Debian stable package indexes · dnstracer · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install dnstracer

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dnstracer · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#dnstracer

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/dn/dnstracer/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install dnstracer

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · dnstracer · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Trace a chain of DNS servers to the source

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

dnstracer

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

dnstracer is a small DNS troubleshooting tool that follows the delegation chain for a name back toward authoritative servers. Its history is thinly documented, but the official pages show an early-2000s Unix utility aimed at explaining how DNS answers are reached.

Projektgeschichte

The Mavetju project page explains dnstracer as a tool that determines where a DNS server gets information from and follows the chain of DNS servers back to the servers that know the data. The page revision marker is from November 2002, and the man-page source marker is from January 2002.

The manual page, dated July 8, 2004, documents the classic behavior: send non-recursive queries, follow authority records, detect lame servers, and stop after all name servers are queried. The official 1.9 source tarball was still being served by the Mavetju site with a 2008 last-modified timestamp.

Adoptionsgeschichte

dnstracer's adoption is mostly as a packaged Unix DNS diagnostic, not as an actively branded upstream project. Homebrew and other Unix package managers keep it available because it does one old-school job that overlaps with, but is not identical to, dig +trace.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users run dnstracer with a domain name and optional query type or starting server. It is useful for visualizing referrals, cached answers, authoritative answers, missing glue, lame servers, and PTR/SOA/MX tracing paths.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

dnstracer is package-nerd significant as a fossil utility that still earns a slot in package managers: no service, no config, no credentials, just a compact DNS delegation tracer whose behavior is easy to compare across Unix systems.

Zeitleiste

2002: Mavetju dnstracer project and man-page revision markers appear on the official pages.
2004: Manual page dated July 8, 2004.
2008: Official dnstracer 1.9 source tarball served with a February 10 last-modified timestamp.
2026: Homebrew still carries dnstracer as a packaged DNS diagnostic.

Related projects

dig +trace is the common modern comparison point for DNS delegation tracing. traceroute is the conceptual naming relative, but dnstracer traces DNS authority paths rather than network hops.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:server

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 13 Plattformziele verfügbar.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`dnstracer`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version1.9

Manager aktualisiert2026-07-17

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php

InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.phpnone Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:dnstracer
Version	1.9
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dnstracer
Homepage	https://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer-man.php
Lizenz	BSD-2-Clause
Quellarchiv	https://www.mavetju.org/download/dnstracer-1.9.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-07-17T01:00:37-04:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	dnstracer
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

dnstracer 1.9-8

trace DNS queries to the source

http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php

sudo apt install dnstracer

Section: net
Architecture: amd64
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dnstracer

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: dnstracer from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

dnstracer

nix profile install nixpkgs#dnstracer

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dnstracer

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dn/dnstracer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

dnstracer 1.9-8build1

trace DNS queries to the source

http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php

sudo apt install dnstracer

Section: net
Architecture: amd64
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dnstracer

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dnstracer from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

dnstracer 1.10-r3

Trace a chain of DNS servers to the source

http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php

sudo apk add dnstracer

License: BSD-2-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dnstracer
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dnstracer

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dnstracer from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

dnstracer-doc 1.10-r3

Trace a chain of DNS servers to the source (documentation)

http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php

sudo apk add dnstracer-doc

License: BSD-2-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dnstracer
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dnstracer

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dnstracer-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

dnstracer 1.10-11.fc44

Trace DNS queries to the source

http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php

sudo dnf install dnstracer

License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dnstracer
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dnstracer

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dnstracer from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

dnstracer 1.10-1.19

Trace a DNS record to its start of authority

https://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php

sudo zypper install dnstracer

License: BSD-2-Clause
Category: Productivity/Networking/DNS/Utilities
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dnstracer
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dnstracer

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dnstracer from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

dnstracer

sudo port install dnstracer

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dnstracer

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/dnstracer/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/dnstracer.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

dnstracer mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: blue

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

Signale

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Gleicher Workflow

Agent-Sicherheitsleitfäden

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

Verwendete Quellen