[Dnsmasq-discuss] Wildcard lookups question?

[Simon Kelley]

Jason wrote:
> Gang,
> 
>     Question:  If I use the dnsmasq.conf file format to miss-address an 
> ad server, etc,
> does this entry get placed in the hash table along with the entries from 
> the hosts file and
> therefore remain fast and efficient? 

No, the search process for server=/<domain>/ and address=/<domain>/ 
lines in dnsmasq.conf is linear.

  I'd like to move the entries for
> sites I'm blocking
> from the hosts to /etc/dnsmasq.conf.more in the 
> "address=/baddomain.com/127.0.0.1"
> format to take advantage of the wildcard feature, but I have many many 
> domains
> (I'm the guy that has 700k domains to block, remember?).
> 

Performance wins or losses will depend on how many individual names are 
replaced by one wildcard, I guess.


Cheers,

Simon.

> Jason
> 
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