Information about the package, iodine, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iodine package is designed for, Solution to tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server.
Package Name:
iodine
Summary:
Solution to tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server
Description:
iodine lets you tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server. This can be usable in different situations where internet access is firewalled, but DNS queries are allowed. It runs on Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Windows and needs a TUN/TAP device. The bandwidth is asymmetrical with limited upstream and up to 1 Mbit/s downstream.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.7.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
71 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ISC
Control the iodine package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iodine
This command will install iodine on the server.
yum remove iodine
This command will un-install iodine on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iodine, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iodine
This command will un-install iodine on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove iodine when using the -y flag.
yum update iodine
This command will update iodine to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iodine, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iodine
This command will update iodine to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove iodine when using the -y flag.
yum info iodine
This command will show you core information about the iodine package.
yum deplist iodine
This command will show you the dependencies for iodine. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update iodine
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iodine. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.