But that's a really nasty hack. Dnsmasq is sending the query to the internal DNS via UDP, which is unreliable, so when a UDP packet is lost, you'll get a random wrong answer to a DNS query that should have been answered by the internal DNS server.
Cheers, Simon. On 21/02/18 13:40, Karol Augustin wrote: > On 2018-02-21 12:47, Simon Kelley wrote: >> In general "don't use --strict-order" is good advice. In hindsight I >> would never have provided that option. >> >> >> Simon. >> > > Hi Simon, > > This option has many use cases when you want to mainly use one DNS > server and only allow fallback in case of failure. In my lab environment > I have internal DNS (dnsmasq) that also resolves hostnames based on DHCP > leases and for every host with dnsmasq installed for caching purposes I > use that one set as upstream. If the main one is dead I want things to > continue working, but only if my central DNS fails. > > It's good option if you really need it. > > k. > > > _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
