<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: right;" dir="rtl"></div><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">Dear Dnsmasq team,</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">I have a question which I hope someone can kindly clarify:</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">In my</span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"> </span><code style="font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1; scrollbar-width: thin; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">dnsmasq.conf</span></code><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">file, I have either one of two sets of rules:</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"><b style="scrollbar-width:thin"># Set 1:</b></span></p><pre style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px calc(1.5em); font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", "Courier New", monospace; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; scrollbar-width: thin; text-align: left; width: auto; max-height: 600px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(12, 13, 14); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><code style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1; scrollbar-width: thin; margin: 0px; border-radius: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">no-resolv
server=8.8.8.8
server=/firebaseio.com/#
address=/*.firebaseio.com/
</span></code></pre><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"><b style="scrollbar-width:thin"># Set 2:</b></span></p><pre style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px calc(1.5em); font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", "Courier New", monospace; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; scrollbar-width: thin; text-align: left; width: auto; max-height: 600px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(12, 13, 14); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><code style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1; scrollbar-width: thin; margin: 0px; border-radius: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">no-resolv
server=8.8.8.8
server=/firebaseio.com/8.8.8.8
address=/*.firebaseio.com/
</span></code></pre><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">Running</span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"> `</span><code style="font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1; scrollbar-width: thin; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">dig firebaseio.com`</span></code><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">using<span> </span></span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"><b style="scrollbar-width:thin">Set 1</b></span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"><span> </span>gives</span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"> local address</span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">, but using<span> `</span></span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"><b style="scrollbar-width:thin">Set 2`</b></span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"><span> </span>give a valid server IP address. Why does not the first set give a valid IP? Is not the rule</span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"> `</span><code style="font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1; scrollbar-width: thin; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">server=/firebaseio.com/#`</span></code><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">supposed to fetch the IP address from the "the standard servers" defined by</span><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"> `</span><code style="font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1; scrollbar-width: thin; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">server=8.8.8.8`</span></code><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">?</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">Thank you very much.</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; scrollbar-width: thin; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI Adjusted", "Segoe UI", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left; clear: both; color: rgb(12, 13, 14);"><span style="line-height:normal;scrollbar-width:thin;font-size:12pt">Elias.</span></p><div class="protonmail_signature_block" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton">
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