debian man page for namebench

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NAME
       namebench - open-source DNS benchmark utility

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.

       -r RUN_COUNT, --runs=RUN_COUNT
	      Number of test runs to perform on each nameserver.

       -z CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
	      Configuration file to use.

       -o OUTPUT_FILE, --output=OUTPUT_FILE
	      Filename to write output to.

       -t TEMPLATE, --template=TEMPLATE
	      Template to use for output generation (ascii, html, resolv.conf).

       -c CSV_FILE, --csv_output=CSV_FILE
	      Filename to write query details to (CSV).

       -j HEALTH_THREAD_COUNT, --threads=HEALTH_THREAD_COUNT
	      Number of health check threads to use.

       -J BENCHMARK_THREAD_COUNT, --threads=BENCHMARK_THREAD_COUNT
	      Number of benchmark threads to use.

       -P PING_TIMEOUT, --ping_timeout=PING_TIMEOUT
	      Number of seconds ping requests timeout in.

       -y TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT
	      Number of seconds general requests timeout in.

       -Y HEALTH_TIMEOUT, --health_timeout=HEALTH_TIMEOUT
	      Health check timeout (in seconds).

       -i INPUT_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.

       -q QUERY_COUNT, --tests=QUERY_COUNT
	      Number of queries per run.

       -m SELECT_MODE, --select_mode=SELECT_MODE
	      Selection algorithm to use (weighted, random, chunk).

       -s NUM_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).

       -U SITE_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 <miguel@miguel.cc> 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.

SEE ALSO
       dig(1), host(1).

AUTHOR
       Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@google.com>

								    2010-11-20							      NAMEBENCH(1)