Hi, don't know anything about dnsmasq internals, but for DNSSEC it seems
extra queries are possible, and the response depends on which flags are
set (ad/do). Would certainly be possible for CNAMEs as well, guess it's
just not implemented.
On 2021-11-06 at 23:22, Dominick C. Pastore wrote:
> As
As far as I know, there is no technical or security reason why a Dnsmasq-like
server would *need* this limitation, but Dnsmasq has it due to design
limitiations.
Dnsmasq either responds to a request entirely locally (using /etc/hosts,
records from the config file, and records from DHCP) or
> Hi, why does dnsmasq cname require an entry on /etc/hosts?
From the dnsmasq man page:
--cname=,[,][,]
Return a CNAME record which indicates that is really .
There is a significant limitation on the target; it must be a DNS record
which is known to dnsmasq and NOT a DNS record which comes
Thanks, but I would like to know the reason why there is that limitation.
Maybe Simon could explain the reason behind it.
Atenciosamente/Kind regards,
Salatiel
On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 4:58 PM Horn Bucking wrote:
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> Hi, why does dnsmasq cname require an entry on /etc/hosts?
>
> From the
Hi, why does dnsmasq cname require an entry on /etc/hosts?
I would like to override "somedomain.com" to "some-load-balancer.com"
as a CNAME.If I start dnsmasq as:
# dnsmasq -dq -r /etc/resolv.upstream --cname
somedomain.com,some-load-balancer.com
If I try to ping somedomain.com, I will get :
ping:
Hi,
"How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" has immediately after the introduction
an advice on before you ask.
http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before
Following that advice is still no guarantee for a quick response.
So when you are still stuck with something that you think
