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Charles vs Knot DNS

A side-by-side look at Charles and Knot DNS. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Charles

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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Knot DNS

Knot DNS

Network & Admin

Knot DNS is an open source DNS server that provides high performance and security. It is designed to meet the needs of large ISPs and companies that require maximum DNS query rates.

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