[Dnsmasq-discuss] Noob question

[rrandom]

Thank you. Btw why dnsmasq redirects that connections but doesn't just drop them? Honestly, I don't know much about networking but simple dropping seems like easier for resources.

On 30/08/21 12:11PM, Simon Kelley wrote:
> On 30/08/2021 11:06, rrandom via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
> > Hello. In one of the dnsmasq filterlists I found that domains redirected to `#` like `address=/example.com/#`
> > 
> > But in man I read:
> > 
> >> The  special  server  address '#' means, "use the standard servers", so --server=/google.com/1.2.3.4 --server=/www.google.com/# will send queries for *.google.com to 1.2.3.4, except *www.google.com which will be forwarded as usual.
> > 
> >> will be forwarded as usual
> > 
> > Do I properly understand that `address=/example.com/#` does literally nothing? I want to block some websites but redirecting them to 0.0.0.0 is hosts-way and not so lightweight solution.
> > 
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> 
> The meaning of # as the address is different in --server and --address,
> so be wary of getting confused by the man page text you quoted, which is
> talking about --server.
> 
> address=/example.com/#
> 
> is exactly equivalent to
> 
> address=/example.com/0.0.0.0
> address=/example.com/::
> 
> ie it returns all-zeros addresses for IPv4 and IPv6.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Simon.
> 
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