Charles vs DNSchecker
A side-by-side look at Charles and DNSchecker. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Charles
Development
Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).
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DNSchecker
Network & Admin
DNSchecker is a free open-source tool for checking the configuration of DNS servers and mail servers. It can validate records like MX, NS, SOA, SPF, and more across multiple DNS servers.
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