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On 26 Mar 2016 9:50 am, "Chris Green" <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:00:17PM -0400, Weedy wrote:<br>
> > On 25 Mar 2016 13:21, "Kurt H Maier" <[1]<a href="mailto:khm@sciops.net">khm@sciops.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:12:52PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:<br>
> > > > Would not it be more useful to supervise and restart the service in<br>
> > case<br>
> > > > of a crash? Service management is ubiquitous on the major<br>
> > distributions<br>
> > > > these days... and in case the crash isn't due to memory exhaustion<br>
> > by<br>
> > > > other processes, investigate why it's crashing, and have that<br>
> > fixed?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Hardware fails.<br>
> > ><br>
> > Considering dhcp typically runs on the router in a home, I think<br>
> > hardware failure would cause you bigger issues then "oh crap I can't<br>
> > even DNS"<br>
> ><br>
> But dnsmasq in general *doesn't* run on a dedicated router, it's<br>
> something that has been installed by a user because the DNS and DHCP<br>
> in the router is too limited.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Uhhhhh, like every Buffalo, d-link, Linksys, netgear, tp-link, etc router runs dnsmasq.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And of course OpenWrt</p>