Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq's behaviour with configured static hosts is unintuitive

2021-03-06 Thread Aaron Jones
On 06/03/2021 19:22, Geert Stappers via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote: > Share the challenge you are facing with us. Put simply, I need dnsmasq to return nothing for an A query, as the VPN has no IPv4 routing; I do not wish the query to be forwarded, because then it will be answered by the Internet, and

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Monthly posting, man page

2021-03-06 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 10:42:46PM +0100, Geert Stappers via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote: > On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 08:12:30PM +, Chris Green wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 08:34:26PM +0100, Monthly posting wrote: > > > > > > The dnsmasq manual is feature complete. And known as hard to read

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Monthly posting, man page

2021-03-06 Thread Geert Stappers via Dnsmasq-discuss
On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 08:12:30PM +, Chris Green wrote: > On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 08:34:26PM +0100, Monthly posting wrote: > > > > The dnsmasq manual is feature complete. And known as hard to read for > > those who are new to it. But still do read it and try to understand it. > > Reading it

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Monthly posting

2021-03-06 Thread Monthly posting via Dnsmasq-discuss
Hi, "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" has immediatly 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

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Monthly posting

2021-03-06 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 08:34:26PM +0100, Monthly posting via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote: > > The dnsmasq manual is feature complete. And known as hard to read for > those who are new to it. But still do read it and try to understand it. > Reading it again is known being effective for getting better

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq's behaviour with configured static hosts is unintuitive

2021-03-06 Thread Geert Stappers via Dnsmasq-discuss
On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 06:50:39AM +, Aaron Jones wrote: > Hello. > > I'm trying to force queries for specific names to not be forwarded along > to recursors, and be answered locally. The normal way to do this is to > put such address/name pairs in hosts(5), or you can add a --host-record= >