iodine
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Iodine is a tunneling tool that carries IPv4 traffic over DNS, primarily for environments where normal internet access is restricted but DNS queries are still permitted. It is intended for users who...
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Features
- IPv4 tunneling over DNS
- Client and server binaries
- Unit tests
- DNS request type selection
- Raw UDP tunneling fallback
- IPv6 listener support
- Foreground mode
- Password authentication
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 10, 2026
- Created
- Feb 4, 2012
- Install Methods
- source
- Requirements
- A DNS server with a public IP addressA real domain and DNS delegation controlThe check library for running unit tests
- Authentication
- local
- Runtime / Stack
- Cdeb
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud Required
- Deployment
Deployment: no container deployment found
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