[Dnsmasq-discuss] Having dnsmasq use non-default routing table

Wink Saville wink at saville.com
Sat Sep 23 00:41:29 UTC 2023


On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 4:32 PM Matthias May via Dnsmasq-discuss
<dnsmasq-discuss at lists.thekelleys.org.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On 22/09/2023 18:27, Wink Saville wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 06:34 Luigi Baldoni <aloisio at gmx.com> wrote:
> >>    Hello,
> >> after a few days of fruitless efforts, I thought of asking you all directly.
> >>
> >> I need dnsmasq to send its queries to the upstream server via a different
> >> route than everything else. I've tried adding the @interface parameter to
> >> the --server option but I don't think I quite understand how it's supposed
> >> to work.
> >> Then I've attempted to mark the packets originating from the dnsmasq process
> >> via the iptables owner module, also with little success.
> >>
> >> Before I proceed any further with these experiments, I would like to know
> >> whether I'm missing something, or if someone has found a different way to
> >> do this.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >
> > I think your question is: How do I configure dnsmasq on Linux to send
> > its upstream DNS queries using a specific route?
> >
> > Here is GPT-4 answer:
> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://chat.openai.com/share/47fe1f23-57b6-4bbb-b51d-c4bf3818ef__;!!I9LPvj3b!BOetutoPDMZVnmN8eLyHRg_93gZ4QBXVK9yRGbAdpa0cFIkcjOvTnrwVxE7UDVbqoi1GyC1C38Fqgutf$  df
> >
> > And Bard answer: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://g.co/bard/share/866e99f101bf__;!!I9LPvj3b!BOetutoPDMZVnmN8eLyHRg_93gZ4QBXVK9yRGbAdpa0cFIkcjOvTnrwVxE7UDVbqoi1GyC1C319ebuBN$
> >
> > If I've got the question wrong provide the proper question and I'll ask
> >
> > -- Wink
> >
> Hi Wink
>
> The link to openai returns a 404. What is the answer it provided? (pure
> interest).
>
> The bard answer looks to me like garbage. I don't think the parameters
> it refers to actually exist...
>
> BR
> Matthias


Try the one below, I made a mistake as Bots do too :)

https://chat.openai.com/share/47fe1f23-57b6-4bbb-b51d-c4bf3818efdf

-- Wink



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