[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq (pihole) caching of HTTPS requested

[Dan Schaper]

HTTPS is a valid resource record type. It's currently in draft status 
but it's used in the wild rather frequently.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/https_rr

https://blog.cloudflare.com/speeding-up-https-and-http-3-negotiation-with-dns/

Best,
Dan


------ Original Message ------
>From george at high-two.com
To "Gary Sakorafas" <gsakorafas at gmail.com>
Cc dnsmasq-discuss at lists.thekelleys.org.uk
Date 1/18/2023 3:37:54 PM
Subject Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq (pihole) caching of HTTPS 
requested

>HTTPS is not a DNS record, so there is nothing to cache.
>
>When you reference an URL, an HTTPS record, your system will have to
>look up the system name to do that.  That system name is in a DNS A
>record (or AAAA if you are using IPv6).
>
>On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 06:24:12PM -0500, Gary Sakorafas wrote:
>>  hello team
>>
>>  I was inquiring about pihole's lack of cache for HTTPS requests and they
>>  directed me to you.  As dnsmasq is used by pihole, is it possible to add
>>  caching for the HTTPS type?
>>
>>  *dnsmasq can only cache A, AAAA, CNAME, DS, DNSKEY and SRV. For the three
>>  latter it already utilizes blockmemory and I think this should be
>>  extendable rather straightforward.*
>
>--
>-Mike
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