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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Simon,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We use DNSMASQ for resolving/forwarding the dns queries of the applications hosted. We started seeing a few errors in dns resolutions. We investigated and found that the issue was due to the corrupted network path the request took. And
it takes around 7 to 8 secs for network path taken to heal, hence all the retries were also failing as they took same network path.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We were exploring ways if we can force the dnsmasq to use different source port for retries so that retried requests can take random network path rather than bad network path.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to know the reasoning behind (if there is) the choice of using the same source port for retries. And is it possible to have a patch/flag in dnsmasq to update this logic?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Prashant<o:p></o:p></p>
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