On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 03:34:59PM +0200, Trey Sis wrote: > Hello everyone! :-)
> I have created a patch that adds an option to dnsmasq to filter > out A record requests. This is particularly suitable for IPv6-only > environments. Some software (especially NodeJS) will reorder > DNS requests giving priority to A records, irrespective of IPv4 > connectivity of the host. My patch filters A records, while AAAA > records are returned. > > In theory, the OS shouldn't send A records requests in the first place, > if no IPv4 connectivity exists. Otherwise, most OS don't send AAAA > record requests if no IPv6 connectivity exists. So my patch mitigates > some of the problems in IPv6-only environments. I do like the idea. > Is there any chance for such a patch to make it into official > dnsmasq? Are pull-requests on github acted on? That would be my > preferred method, otherwise I will post the patch here. > > Cheers, > Treysis > > Patch: > > >From bd22a36f76e35a0dc6c8be8996056318fec96e5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: treysis <trey...@gmx.net> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2021 15:27:26 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] Add option to filter A record requests > > --- > src/dnsmasq.h | 3 ++- > src/option.c | 3 +++ > src/rfc1035.c | 11 +++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > That patch did not apply cleanly. With some manual work it did apply. Except to see the reworked version here soon. Hopefully is Author left intact. (I'm about to `git send-email` a patch that is not mine ). And the original patch lacks update of the manual page, it is where I chip in. Cheers Geert Stappers P.S. https://git-send-email.io/ for instructions on email patches. See "Linux kernel development all over the place" in it. _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
