[Dnsmasq-discuss] DNS Upstream routing

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Mon Mar 7 16:31:59 UTC 2022


On Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 03:26:11PM +0000, Ian Bonham wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I can't thank you enough for the work on DNSMASQ, it's an utterly brilliant
> piece of software. I'm amazed at the flexibility it gives me in securing my
> home network, thank you all who put in so much effort.
> 
> Gushing aside, I'm stuck on one config I can't figure out though, so I
> wonder if anyone could advise please? My server is routing everything
> perfectly, and DNSMASQ is sitting there diligently dealing with DHCP and
> DNS, and I have DNSSEC enabled for upstream requests (off to 1.1.1.1 or
> 1.0.0.1). However I'd quite like to route the upstream DNS requests over a
> Wireguard VPN, which is on another interface.
> 
> Is there a way to tell DNSMASQ to do it's upstream DNS requests over an
> alternative interface, rather than the standard (unencrypted) interface?
> Once the data are cached in DNSMASQ internally it's fine, that's on my
> internal network and the clients query it. It's the upstream requests I'm
> interested in routing privately over my VPN.
> 
> Any advice?

Share the output of `ip route show`
with this mailinglist and it's archive.


> Many thanks,

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> Bon


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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