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A NicTool installation is comprised of:

• NicTool Client: a CGI application, visible in your web browser
  • Apache / lighttpd / nginx
• NicTool API: libraries for managing DNS data programmatically
• NicTool Server: a SOAP service used by the Client and API
  • Apache + mod_perl
  • MySQL
• NicTool Import: import DNS data into NicTool from BIND or tinydns
• NicTool Export: publish DNS data to Nameservers and DNS service providers
  • Nameserver(s): tinydns, BIND, PowerDNS, NSD, MaraDNS, and Knot DNS.
  • DNS services: DynECT

• NicTool Server wants to be rewritten in Go or Node.js
• NicTool Client wants to be rewritten as a JS web app #279
  • Interactive "check this zone" feature that:
    • sends a DNS query to each nameserver and validates that the NS is up-to-date.
    • performs a whois query and makes sure NS records match NicTool
    • performs a dns trace from the roots and validates the delegation
• Add a new AJAX API (deprecate SOAP and XML/RPC) #275
  • NicTool API - get_zone_records XML error
• ANSI SQL, compatible with MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, etc. (work in progress) #284
• External authentication providers
  • Integrating Nictool with Active Directory
• Zone Templates: #290
• Exports for additional DNS service providers (Neustar UltraDNS, Route 53, DNS Made Easy, etc.)