[Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-name-match ?

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Fri Nov 8 23:36:13 GMT 2019


On 07/11/2019 03:52, James Feeney wrote:
> Hey Simon
> 
> On 10/30/19 3:32 PM, Simon Kelley wrote:
>> The question is, [if] the client-provided name and the dhcp-host name
>> differ, which one should be matched? Since this is broken, there's no
>> pre-existing behaviour to consider. Any configurations relying on one or
>> the other are currently broken [by] definition.
>>
>> I've decided that if both exist, then the name from dhcp-host should be
>> matched. It seems that if the config explicitly nails a MAC address or
>> client-id to a name, that's the one that should be used.
> 
> Hmm - if you would, let me make sure I understand, then, how this will work.
> 
> I would have thought to make "dhcp-name-match" match against the client provided name, since there is nothing that will assure that the client provided name is anything different from what the client wants to provide.  The client is not, necessarily, going to adopt the hostname provided by the dhcp server.
> 
> So then, does the "new" behavior mean that, effectively, "dhcp-name-match" is really a kind of "MAC-address-match", or "DUID-match", by way of the dhcp-host specified hostname?
> 
> I should, then, simply write "dhcp-name-match=<dhcp-host_name_>", where the name is just the name associated with the dhcp-host MAC address, or with the DUID?
> 
> Also, then, if there is *no* dhcp-host hostname specified, will "dhcp-name-match" still match the client provided name?  Or, will that no longer work, at all?
> 
> A difficulty I see here, is that, if the client DUID or MAC address is *not* known, and only the persistent client provided name is offered by the client, then there will be no way to actually tag the client, unless every client DUID or MAC address is first discovered and manually configured with a hostname.
> 
> And then, why not simply have a "dhcp-DUID-match" or a "dhcp-MAC-addr-match", instead?
> 
> James
> 


If there's no name configured in the dnsmasq configuration, then the
client-provided name will be matched. However if there is a name
configured in the dnsmasq configuration, selected by MAC address or
client-id, then that will be used in preference. To an extent, what the
client chooses to use as its name is secondary: dnsmasq determines the
client's name so that it can be inserted into the DNS. If the
configuration specifies that name, then that's what dnsmasq puts in the
DNS, and it's what dnsmasq uses with dhcp-name-match.


Simon



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