[Dnsmasq-discuss] Nameserver dot

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Fri Mar 20 11:03:30 GMT 2020


This sounds like a bug, doing auth DNS without an auth-server statement
is a recent addition, and I probably forgot this effect on secondary
servers. Will take a look in the next day or two.

Simon.


On 20/03/2020 08:25, William Edwards wrote:
> 
>> Op 20 mrt. 2020 om 00:23 heeft Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> On 19/03/2020 17:23, William Edwards wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have auth-sec-servers set to:
>>> 'auth-sec-servers=nsauth0.cyberfusion.nl,nsauth1.cyberfusion.be,nsauth2.cyberfusion.nu,nsauth3.cyberfusion.nl'
>>>
>>> These nameservers are shown, but I am also getting back an NS record
>>> consisting of '.':
>>>
>>> ---
>>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>>> vlan5.hosts.cyberfusion.space. 600 IN NS nsauth1.cyberfusion.be.
>>> vlan5.hosts.cyberfusion.space. 600 IN NS .
>>> vlan5.hosts.cyberfusion.space. 600 IN NS nsauth0.cyberfusion.nl.
>>> vlan5.hosts.cyberfusion.space. 600 IN NS nsauth2.cyberfusion.nu.
>>> vlan5.hosts.cyberfusion.space. 600 IN    NS    nsauth3.cyberfusion.nl.
>>> --
>>>
>>> Where does 'NS .' come from?
>>
>> The --auth-server configuration, probably.  What does that look like?
> 
> I did not specify an ‘auth-server’ directive. I did so, and now, the first NS record indeed is no longer a dot.
> 
> This brings me to the next question: how do I prevent dnsmasq from even showing itself in NS records? dnsmasq will not answer queries to the internet.
> 
>>
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Met vriendelijke groeten,
>>>
>>> William Edwards
>>> T. 040 - 711 44 96
>>> E. wedwards at cyberfusion.nl
>>>
>>>
>>>
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