[Dnsmasq-discuss] Official support for REGEXP syntax?

[Rob Townley]

Has it been tested thoroughly to handle absolute top-level domains where
there is always a dot at the very end such as :
  xyz.
  ads.xyz.
  google.com.




On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM <moistice at riseup.net> wrote:

> Why DNSmasq doesn't support address=/:(REGEXP):/0.0.0.0 officialy yet as
> there are many patches out there?
>
> https://github.com/lixingcong/dnsmasq-regex
> https://github.com/cuckoohello/dnsmasq-regex
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=286486
>
> Currently DNSmasq is tied to forward-check or backward-check only:
>
> address=/ads./0.0.0.0 # block ads.*
> address=/xyz/0.0.0.0 # block spammy *.xyz
>
> If you add the patch officialy, everyone benefit, like this:
>
> address=/:^(ad|ads|advert|adage|ad001)\.:/0.0.0.0 # multiple.*
> address=/:(tracking|linking|spamming):/0.0.0.0 # *middle*
>
> Please consider it!
>
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