[Dnsmasq-discuss] Infinite loop in dnsmasq v2.86?

[John Byrne]

> On Jan 17, 2022, at 3:45 PM, Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> On 17/01/2022 23:27, Simon Kelley wrote:
> 
>> 
>> The fixed code detects the inifinite loop and gives up, which is good.
>> It should return the SERVFAIL error code, but it doesn't which is not
>> right. I'll check with that. A SERVFAIL error code should cause the
>> client to retry, and as this is an intermittent error upstream, it will
>> likely succeed on the next retry.
>> 
> 
> Lack of the SERVFAIL answer is because you have --dnssec-debug set, and
> not a bug.
> 
> 
> I think we've nailed this one!
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Simon.
> 

Sorry Simon, I cannot confirm this. I took dnssec-debug out and re-ran my test script and I still ended up with ABANDONED instead of SERVFAIL.

John