[Dnsmasq-discuss] i should know this...

[Simon Kelley]

AJ Weber wrote:
> Using the "server" directive works perfectly, as you said.  Thank you 
> for the reply.
> 
> 1) Why did we (you, but I remember there being some "discussion around 
> it) decide not to implement the CNAME such that it would allow for an 
> "external" reference?  I remember there was a fairly good reason, but I 
> can't remember.

It's not something which I regard as desirable, but it comes from an 
limit of the architecture of dnsmasq which means that all the data in a 
DNS reply has to come from an upstream server, or all of it has to come 
from dnsmasq; there's no way to mix the two.

> 
> 2) The idea of having a default ip-address/resolve-address such as your 
> suggestion to use all zeros = use the default/configured DNS servers is 
> excellent.
> 

I think so too: I'll add it to the list....

Cheers,

Simon.