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Prerequisites:
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python3
dnspython >=2.2.0 (python3-dnspython)
psutil            (python3-psutil)
bind9
dnssec-signzone   (bind9-utils)
dnssec-keygen     (bind9-utils)
dnssec-verify     (bind9-utils)
certtool          (gnutls-bin)
ldnsutils
lsof
gawk
objdump
(valgrind)
(gdb)

Python modules:
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To install necessary Python modules using pip, run:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Optional loopback addresses configuration:
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# for i in {1..64}; do sudo ip address add 127.0.1.$i/32 dev lo; done
# for i in {1..64}; do sudo ip address add ::1$i/128 dev lo; done

Ubuntu:
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Disable apparmor protection for system Bind:
$ sudo apparmor_parser -R /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.named
or
$ sudo ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.named /etc/apparmor.d/disable/
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apparmor restart

Allow ptrace:
# echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
or
# vim /etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf
# kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 0

XDP:
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XDP testing with Valgrind requires running under root. Testing with ASAN is
possible if lsof has two following capabilities:

$ sudo setcap "CAP_SYS_PTRACE,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE+ep" `which lsof`

And knotd has set:

$ sudo setcap "CAP_NET_RAW,CAP_NET_ADMIN,CAP_SYS_ADMIN,CAP_IPC_LOCK,CAP_SYS_PTRACE+ep" `readlink -f ../src/knotd`

Tcpdump:
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$ sudo setcap "CAP_NET_RAW+ep" `which tcpdump`