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+=== Authoritative Name Server Configuration
+FreeBSD does not provide authoritative name server software in the base system.
+Users are encouraged to install third party applications, like package:dns/nsd[] or package:dns/bind918[] package or port.
 
 [[network-apache]]
 == Apache HTTP Server
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