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.Dd $Mdocdate: July 18 2021 $
.Dt UNWIND 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm unwind
.Nd validating DNS resolver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl dnv
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl s Ar socket
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a validating DNS resolver.
It is intended to run on client machines like workstations or laptops and only
listens on localhost.
.Nm
sends DNS queries to nameservers to answer queries and switches to resolvers
learned from
.Xr dhclient 8 ,
.Xr dhcpleased 8
or
.Xr slaacd 8
if it detects that DNS queries are blocked by the local network.
It periodically probes if DNS is no longer blocked and switches back to
querying nameservers itself.
.Pp
.Nm
keeps the DNS answers in a cache shared by the different DNS name
server types.
.Nm
manages the cache size by deleting oldest entries when needed.
The cache is non-configurable and is lost upon process restart.
.Pp
To have
.Nm
enabled at boot time, use
.Dq rcctl enable unwind ,
which sets
.Pp
.Dl unwind_flags=\(dq\(dq
.Pp
in
.Xr rc.conf.local 8 .
.Pp
A running
.Nm
can be controlled with the
.Xr unwindctl 8
utility.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d
Do not daemonize.
If this option is specified,
.Nm
will run in the foreground and log to
.Em stderr .
.It Fl f Ar file
Specify an alternative configuration file.
.It Fl n
Configtest mode.
Only check the configuration file for validity.
.It Fl s Ar socket
Use an alternate location for the default control socket.
.It Fl v
Produce more verbose output.
Multiple
.Fl v
options increase the verbosity.
Debug output from libunbound is only available when logging to
.Em stderr .
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/var/db/unwind.keyXXX" -compact
.It Pa /etc/unwind.conf
Default
.Nm
configuration file.
.It Pa /var/db/unwind.key
Trust anchor for DNSSEC validation.
.It Pa /dev/unwind.sock
.Ux Ns -domain
socket used for communication with
.Xr unwindctl 8 .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr unwind.conf 5 ,
.Xr dhclient 8 ,
.Xr dhcpleased 8 ,
.Xr slaacd 8 ,
.Xr unbound 8 ,
.Xr unwindctl 8
.Sh STANDARDS
.Rs
.%A P. Mockapetris
.%D November 1987
.%R RFC 1034
.%T DOMAIN NAMES - CONCEPTS AND FACILITIES
.Re
.Pp
.Rs
.%A P. Mockapetris
.%D November 1987
.%R RFC 1035
.%T DOMAIN NAMES - IMPLEMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program first appeared in
.Ox 6.5 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
program was written by
.An Florian Obser Aq Mt florian@openbsd.org .