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

[Matthias May]

On 23/09/2023 02:41, Wink Saville wrote:
> 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://chat.openai.com/share/47fe1f23-57b6-4bbb-b51d-c4bf3818efdf__;!!I9LPvj3b!BL7TTHnGyi-f6LFGBlpqC1YIqwzB9d4erTyuO1c25G0Lis9AGe-B2BIFaUjM9bitxr9YUyHGbB64J0OP$
>
> -- Wink

Ok, this answer seems to be sane.
Probably doesn't solve Luigi's issue, but make sense :)

BR
Matthias