Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] OpenWRT, modem restarts and lost dhcp leases

2014-08-22 Thread Anatol Pomozov
Hi On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Dave Taht wrote: > The simplest thing to do is merely move the dhcp leases file to > persistent storage, if you are willing to live with the long term > failure mode of flash becoming less long term. I don't honestly know > the cycle lifetime of low end flash c

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] OpenWRT, modem restarts and lost dhcp leases

2014-08-22 Thread Dave Taht
The simplest thing to do is merely move the dhcp leases file to persistent storage, if you are willing to live with the long term failure mode of flash becoming less long term. I don't honestly know the cycle lifetime of low end flash chips anymore - it was very bad when they first came out but has

[Dnsmasq-discuss] OpenWRT, modem restarts and lost dhcp leases

2014-08-22 Thread Anatol Pomozov
Hi This is a follow-up for a discussion that I had in systemd maillist [1]. Here is description of the problem: I have a router (Archer C7 V2) where I use patched version of OpenWRT. It uses dnsmasq as a dhcp server for my local network. OpenWRT uses a file on tmpfs to store the dhcp leases. When

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Automatic DNSSEC-signing of ressource records

2014-08-22 Thread Rene Bartsch
Hi, BIND and PowerDNS can sign resource records automatically when run as primary DNS with DNSSEC. Does Dnsmasq support signing resource records automatically in authoritative mode or are there any plans to support automatic zone signing in authoritative mode? -- Best regards, Renne __

[Dnsmasq-discuss] DNS-Denial-of-Service protection via Distributed Hashtable

2014-08-22 Thread Rene Bartsch
Hi, because of the hierararchical structure of the DNS-system DDoS-attacks on nameservers or ISP-resolvers can make the internet unusable for Dnsmasq users. Taking the huge number of Dnsmasq installations into account, nearly every DNS resource record is cached on a Dnsmasq node somewhere on