[Dnsmasq-discuss] forwarding-loop mitigation.

2010-02-17 Thread Simon Kelley
Alberto's query got me thinking: If dnsmasq were to read the value of the IP hop-count on incoming queries, and decrement it when forwarding, loops would be squashed in the same way as IP layer-three forwarding. Can anyone see a problem with this? Simon.

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] forwarding-loop mitigation.

2010-02-17 Thread Jan 'RedBully' Seiffert
Simon Kelley schrieb: Alberto's query got me thinking: If dnsmasq were to read the value of the IP hop-count on incoming queries, and decrement it when forwarding, loops would be squashed in the same way as IP layer-three forwarding. Can anyone see a problem with this? If i'm not

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] forwarding-loop mitigation.

2010-02-17 Thread Simon Kelley
Jan 'RedBully' Seiffert wrote: Simon Kelley schrieb: Alberto's query got me thinking: If dnsmasq were to read the value of the IP hop-count on incoming queries, and decrement it when forwarding, loops would be squashed in the same way as IP layer-three forwarding. Can anyone see a problem