[Dnsmasq-discuss] Fwd: How to return NXDomain?

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Wed Sep 11 10:40:45 BST 2013


On 11/09/13 10:33, Maciej Soltysiak wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> To return a specific address for an IN A query we can do this:
> address=/double-click.net/127.0.0.1
>
> Is it currently possible to return NXDOMAIN with similar syntax, e.g.:
> address=/double-click.net/nxdomain

Yes, you can tell dnsmasq that there's no upstream server for that 
domain: eg.

server=/double-click.net/

that way, if the query can't be answered from /etc/hosts or DHCP leases 
etc, it will get an NXDOMAIN reply.

Cheers,

Simon.

>
> If it is not possible, would there be any objections to adding such
> functionality?
>
> Best regards,
> Maciej Soltysiak
>
>
>
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