[Dnsmasq-discuss] Feature Request(s)

[Jay Goldberg]

I like #4. Perhaps it interferes with the proper workings of DNS to resolve
hostnames for upstream authoritative DNS servers, but it's my network,
right?

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Rob Zwissler <rob at zwissler.org> wrote:

> Hi Simon - I'm a big fan of DNSMasq, it's great software, thanks all for
> your hard work.  I had three requests/questions I just wanted to throw out
> there that would come in handy for simplifying configuration in what I
> think would be an intuitive way.  For the most part, this is related to
> consolidating DNSMasq implementations into a single config file and
> extending cmd line syntax to reduce reliance on external files.  I really
> like the self contained simple nature of DNSMasq and I won't be happy until
> it's as powerful and cryptic as Perl ;)
>
> 1) address=/domain/ip works great as described, but *.domain and
> *.*.domain (etc...) also resolv based on this syntax.  Syntax like
> address=/.domain/ip that would prevent *.domain from resolving, or
> address=/..domain/ip would prevent *.*.domain but allow *.domain, something
> in that vain, would come in handy.  That way, single A records could be
> overridden with address=/.host/ip so I could keep everything in a single
> dnsmasq.conf file without maintaining a separate addn-hosts file.  Seems
> like this could extend functionality in a very intuitive,
> backwards-compatible way without adding much messiness to config or
> documentation.
>
> 2) Any reason why an /etc/hosts syntax line can't be put in a dnsmasq.conf
> file?  As far as I can tell it wouldn't break the dnsmasq syntax, and it
> would allow for consolidating files in a very intuitive, minimalist way.
>
> 3) If #1 & #2 aren't feasible, how about something like a=host,ip that
> would allow for an A/PTR pair in more traditional dnsmasq.conf style
> syntax, to reduce the need for an addn-hosts file.
>
> 4) How come cname= only works for local hosts?  Would that be difficult to
> implement so you could create CNAMEs for A records hosted on upstream
> servers?
>
> regards,
>
> Rob
>
>
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Jay Goldberg
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