How do I fix dnsmasq?
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How do I fix dnsmasq?
Each host in your test will need to have its DNS settings updated to point to the new DNS server.
- 1 – Update /etc/resolv. conf to add new name server.
- 2 – Prevent overwriting of /etc/resolv. conf.
- 3 – Test the new name server. Use nslookup to test name/ip resolution for entries in your DNS tables.
What is dnsmasq listen address?
The listen-address the option is used to set the IP address, where dnsmasq will listen on. To use your CentOS/RHEL server to listen for DHCP and DNS requests on the LAN, set the listen-address option to its LAN IP addresses (remember to include 127.0. 0.1) as shown. Note that the server IP must be static.
What is the purpose of dnsmasq?
dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder, designed to provide DNS (and optionally DHCP and TFTP) services to a small-scale network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS.
Do I need to restart dnsmasq?
By default, Dnsmasq doesn’t even need to restart as it dynamically binds interfaces. Thus, normally it can survive the restart of the network service safely.
What is DNS FTL?
FTL is a DNS resolver/forwarder and a database-like wrapper/API that provides long-term storage of requests which users can query through the “long-term data” section of the WebGUI. Data are collected and stored in two places: Daily data are stored in RAM and are captured in real-time within /run/log/pihole/pihole. log.
Is Dnsmasq secure?
Over the years, multiple critical vulnerabilities have been found in dnsmasq. Recently, security researchers discovered new issues that continue to make dnsmasq vulnerable. These vulnerabilities can lead to DNS cache poisoning, denial of service (DoS) and possibly remote code execution (RCE).
Does Pi-hole Use dnsmasq?
We have used dnsmasq as our DNS/DHCP server since Pi-hole began. However, as the project has grown and evolved, we reached a point where we started looking into providing our own powerful resolver for a few reasons: With FTL, we generate a variety of statistics by interpreting dnsmasq ‘s log file.
