[Dnsmasq-discuss] [patch] Option to remove A-forA

[Simon Kelley]

On 26/01/18 18:17, Mattias Hellström wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk
> <mailto:simon at thekelleys.org.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     On 25/01/18 15:03, Mattias Hellström wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     > I have made a patch to disable the A-for-A feature. 
>     > I believe that the text portions can be made better by an actual DNS expert.
>     >
> 
>     There are no downsides to doing A-for-A, as far as I know. If this
>     feature is still doing some good, it should be left. If it's obsolete,
>     it should be entirely removed, that way we gain a small codesize and
>     support reduction, instead of increasing both.
> 
>  
> In that case, removing it completely is the best choice in my opinion.
> The source of these requests was patched out man many years ago. 
> And any new sources probably want a proper NXDOMAIN in return.

I agree. Fix committed.

Cheers,

Simon.