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<span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">This files are the configuration:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">/etc/hosts</span><br>
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127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.example.local postgresqldb postgresqldb.example.local</div>
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dnsmasq.conf</div>
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# don't read /etc/resolv.conf</div>
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domain=example.local,10.0.0.0/8</div>
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<div>server=/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">example</span>.local/10.1.1.1</div>
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<div>server=/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">example</span>.local/10.1.1.2</div>
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<div>server=/10.in-addr.arpa/10.1.1.1</div>
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<div>server=/10.in-addr.arpa/10.1.1.2</div>
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# exempt 127.0.0.0/8 from rebinding checks; range used by DBL</div>
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There are these lines in the log:</div>
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Oct 15 12:16:16 dnsmasq[32176]: query[A] localhost.(none).<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">example</span>.local from 127.0.0.1</div>
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<div>Oct 15 12:16:16 dnsmasq[32176]: forwarded localhost.(none).<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">example</span>.local to 10.1.1.2</div>
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<div>Oct 15 12:16:16 dnsmasq[32176]: forwarded localhost.(none).<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">example</span>.local to 10.1.1.1</div>
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Why does dnsmasq forward "localhost" queries to upstream servers?</div>
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How can I configure dnsmasq to directly reply to queries to localhost.* ?</div>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace; font-size:11pt">Best regards, Massimo</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Sala</span><br>
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