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Charles vs Pdnsd

A side-by-side look at Charles and Pdnsd. 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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Pdnsd

Pdnsd

Network & Admin

Pdnsd is a proxy DNS server that provides enhanced DNS features like caching, filtering, and load balancing. It aims to be a high-performance replacement for BIND.

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