[Dnsmasq-discuss] URIBL_BLOCKED with dnsmasq and server options

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

>>On 18.08.22 11:08, Jelle de Jong wrote:
>>>I understand dnsmasq is an forwarding dns server and I was 
>>>wondering if there is a way to configure it to do dns lookups 
>>>using it own IP external address instead of the server forwarders, 
>>>maybe just for URIBL lookups ...
>>
>>afaik there isn't. iterative queries aren't built into dnsmasq.
>>
>>>dns-forward-max=256
>>>server=208.67.222.222
>>>server=208.67.220.220
>>>
>>>What are other dnsmasq users doing to get working URIBL and not 
>>>use a forwarder, do you run a caching DNS on the same server and 
>>>use server=localhost?

>On 8/29/22 11:19, Matus UHLAR - fantomas via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
>>either don't use dnsmasq
>>- if there's already working recursive server, why to use dnsmasq?
>>
>>or point dnsmasq to that server
>>- but if there's already working recursive server, why to use dnsmasq?

On 30.08.22 13:59, Jelle de Jong wrote:
>dnsmasq has lots of nice features like tftp, tftp-mtu, srv-host, 
>dhcp-boot, dhcp-range etc that have nothing to do with a dns 
>resolving.

I guess that dnsmasq is here to provide lightweight server for local 
network.

I also guess you can still provide patch to do full resolution instead of 
forwarding.

however dnsmasq currently does not do that.

>I would like to keep using dnsmasq but I would also like my URIBL 
>lookups to work.
>
>Wondering how other users have solved this issue in there infrastructure.

by using real iterative (non-forwarding) resolver I guess.

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