On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Simon Kelley <si...@thekelleys.org.uk> wrote:
<snip> > On thing which might be interesting, is to define a new type of upstream > server (maybe called a look-aside server) which dnsmasq will send a query to > first, and which if it can't answer the query can return a custom > return-code "Not known", which causes dnsmasq to then push the query into > the standard server pathway. > > That becomes useful if such a server exists. > > > Cheers, > > Simon. Simon: I just wanted to chime in here because this idea would fix one of the problems I've been working with for some time. I have my own dns server (to deal with IPs that send my mail server spam, etc) I currently send all dns requests to my dns server first. The second dns server is fast (its a small install of djbdns from Dan Bernstein). But not every query needs to be handled this way. I could improve the overall efficiency if of this idea if I could somehow filter which dns queries go off toward my server and which go out to the internet the standard way. Your "look-aside" server idea would go a long way toward making this happen. The only missing piece would be a sensible way to choose if the look-aside server was needed or not. Thanks. Rance _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
