Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-23 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 23.06.2009, 18:11 Uhr, schrieb richardvo...@gmail.com : A buffer overflow in a kernel module processing incoming network data is a different story of course, but this is a very slim attack surface, especially on a well-configured firewall (e.g. no khttpd, knfsd, etc). If the kernel itse

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-23 Thread richardvo...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:34 AM, Matthias Andree wrote: > Am 23.06.2009, 01:17 Uhr, schrieb Brad Morgan : > > >> dnsmasq emty his cache after restart, how to prevent it? > > > > Isn't the right answer to get dnsmasq off of a machine that isn't > > stable? I have dnsmasq running on a Redhat 9 Linu

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-23 Thread richardvo...@gmail.com
He was talking to Brad Morgan, who by his own admission does not install kernel updates on his firewall running RH9. On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Markus Bergholz wrote: > wtf? > of course i do kernel updates on my desktop machine (for new driver > support, new features, better performance an

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-23 Thread Markus Bergholz
wtf? of course i do kernel updates on my desktop machine (for new driver support, new features, better performance and security issues!). if you're not, take back your windows machines :-P :) On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Matthias Andree wrote: > Am 23.06.2009, 01:17 Uhr, schrieb Brad Morgan

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-23 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 23.06.2009, 01:17 Uhr, schrieb Brad Morgan : dnsmasq emty his cache after restart, how to prevent it? Isn't the right answer to get dnsmasq off of a machine that isn't stable? I have dnsmasq running on a Redhat 9 Linux machine that also serves as my firewall. There are no kernel updat

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-23 Thread Olaf Westrik
Markus Bergholz wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:10 PM, richardvo...@gmail.com < richardvo...@gmail.com> wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Markus Bergholz wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:47 PM, richardvo...@gmail.com < richardvo...@gmail.com> wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 200

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-23 Thread Brad Morgan
> dnsmasq emty his cache after restart, how to prevent it? Isn't the right answer to get dnsmasq off of a machine that isn't stable? I have dnsmasq running on a Redhat 9 Linux machine that also serves as my firewall. There are no kernel updates to worry about and the system just runs and runs and

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-22 Thread Markus Bergholz
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:10 PM, richardvo...@gmail.com < richardvo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Markus Bergholz wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:47 PM, richardvo...@gmail.com < >> richardvo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:56

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-22 Thread Markus Bergholz
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Matthias Andree wrote: > Markus Bergholz schrieb: > > dnsmasq emty his cache after restart, how to prevent it? > > > > greetz > > I guess you need to write code and documentation to save and reload the > cache > across restarts, and contribute both. > i guess i

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-22 Thread richardvo...@gmail.com
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Markus Bergholz wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:47 PM, richardvo...@gmail.com < > richardvo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Markus Bergholz wrote: >> >>> dnsmasq emty his cache after restart, how to prevent it? >>> >> >> Don

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-22 Thread Matthias Andree
Markus Bergholz schrieb: > dnsmasq emty his cache after restart, how to prevent it? > > greetz I guess you need to write code and documentation to save and reload the cache across restarts, and contribute both.

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-22 Thread Markus Bergholz
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:47 PM, richardvo...@gmail.com < richardvo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Markus Bergholz wrote: > >> dnsmasq emty his cache after restart, how to prevent it? >> > > Don't restart? Or is there a reason you are restarting? Maybe there's > anot

[Dnsmasq-discuss] don't empty cache

2009-06-22 Thread Markus Bergholz
dnsmasq emty his cache after restart, how to prevent it? greetz markus