[Dnsmasq-discuss] Wildcard lookups question?
Simon Kelley
simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Sat Jun 30 20:25:34 BST 2007
Jason wrote:
> Gang,
>
> Question: If I use the dnsmasq.conf file format to miss-address an
> ad server, etc,
> does this entry get placed in the hash table along with the entries from
> the hosts file and
> therefore remain fast and efficient?
No, the search process for server=/<domain>/ and address=/<domain>/
lines in dnsmasq.conf is linear.
I'd like to move the entries for
> sites I'm blocking
> from the hosts to /etc/dnsmasq.conf.more in the
> "address=/baddomain.com/127.0.0.1"
> format to take advantage of the wildcard feature, but I have many many
> domains
> (I'm the guy that has 700k domains to block, remember?).
>
Performance wins or losses will depend on how many individual names are
replaced by one wildcard, I guess.
Cheers,
Simon.
> Jason
>
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