[Dnsmasq-discuss] Dnsmasq does not cache a authoritative response from upstream ?

[Akash]

Hi,

Been fiddling with all the settings and still wondering why doesn't dnsmasq
cache a authoritative response from a server supplied with -S. I wish to
use dnsmasq as a caching proxy for my master DNS server in a way that
dnsmasq queries our master server for DNS records and serves them to the
net, while caching them in memory. In case the master is down, dnsmaq
should continue serving the cached records.

Pdnsd is able to do this but is outdated and doesn't support SPF records.
Any way to achieve the same with dnsmasq?

At present when I point dnsmasq to our master DNS server, it just forwards
queries as they come with no caching. If I point dnsmasq to something like
8.8.8.8, it does cache the response BUT its reply to the internet is also
non-authoritative (as returned by 8.8.8.8) which isn't what its supposed to
be. Being a proxy for our DNS server, its responses should be authoritative.

-Thanks
Akash
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