On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 08:15:42PM -0400, wkitt...@gmail.com wrote: > On 5/13/22 3:48 PM, Simon Kelley wrote: > > So queries are being received, and answered, but the reply is being > > dropped by the kernel because the send queue is full of replies to dead > > hosts? If the hosts are dead, where are the queries coming from to > > generate these blocked replies? > > reading the OP and the following responses, i almost wonder if there's some > sort of "reflection attack" going on... >
Thanks for raising awareness of malicious factors. After reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection_attack I fail to see why this particular kind attack could be in play. Which authentication does dnsmasq with what? Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
