{"id":"technitium-dns-server","name":"dns-server","af_score":25.0,"security_score":22.5,"reliability_score":32.5,"what_it_does":"dns-server is a DNS server package intended to provide DNS query resolution/handling (authoritative and/or recursive behavior depends on its configuration).","best_when":"You need a self-hosted DNS endpoint in a controlled environment (lab, internal network, on-prem).","avoid_when":"You cannot apply security hardening (network controls, query rate limiting, logging hygiene) or you need a turnkey managed DNS service.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:42:01.466601+00:00","has_mcp":false,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["If used as a network service, agents cannot “call” it like an API; integration generally requires orchestrating a running server and sending DNS traffic.","DNS queries/timeouts may require careful retry/timeout logic at the transport layer (UDP vs TCP).","Misconfiguration can lead to silent resolution failures or security exposure (open resolver)."],"error_quality":0.0}