Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How do others provide backup for their DNS? Ideas wanted

2021-09-01 Thread Ed W
On 31/08/2021 13:35, Chris Green wrote: > I run dnsmasq on a Raspberry Pi to provide DHCP and DNS services on my > home LAN. It's just very handy having names for all devices rather > than having to use IP addresses. > > A few weeks ago the Pi died (or, more accurately, the SD card it was > running

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] [PATCH 3] Some upstream replies not being logged

2021-09-01 Thread Simon Kelley
On 01/09/2021 22:24, Ed W wrote: > > Simon, would you accept patches in this direction generally? Would you accept > incomplete > implementations with a view to migrating in stages? Anyone in opposition or > have a better suggestion? > Sure, as long as you can get buy-in on a single parsea

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] [PATCH 3] Some upstream replies not being logged

2021-09-01 Thread Ed W
...snip.. Re logging of all dns replies I haven't tried this new code yet, but I just wanted to express my appreciation for this getting created! I have wanted to build a query logger/viewer for a while (in the style of pi-hole's viewer), and this fills in a missing piece of that! Thanks! I g

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] [PATCH 3] Some upstream replies not being logged

2021-09-01 Thread Simon Kelley
On 01/09/2021 12:45, Dominik DL6ER wrote: > Hey Simon, > > On Tue, 2021-08-31 at 21:09 +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: >> I've tagged 2.86rc2. I've systematically tested the affected code, >> and we're dog-fooding it now. It would be good to get as much other >> testing in as possible before the 2.86.

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How do others provide backup for their DNS? Ideas wanted

2021-09-01 Thread Michael
On 9/1/21 11:45 AM, Chris Green wrote: Thanks for the replies. It does seem that any sort of live failover for DHCP and/or DNS turns out to be quite complex. I am thus thinking that simply having a reasonably quick to start 'cold' backup makes sense. I really don't mind if my LAN is DNS and DH

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How do others provide backup for their DNS? Ideas wanted

2021-09-01 Thread Chris Green
Thanks for the replies. It does seem that any sort of live failover for DHCP and/or DNS turns out to be quite complex. I am thus thinking that simply having a reasonably quick to start 'cold' backup makes sense. I really don't mind if my LAN is DNS and DHCP'less for an hour or so, it can cope!

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How do others provide backup for their DNS? Ideas wanted

2021-09-01 Thread Kevin Tedder
Chris I've been considering doing the same thing at home, myself. So far these are my thoughts on how to operate this, but I am yet to get around to implementing it. - You can have multiple DNS servers on your network provided that they have the same copy of the names - both static and dynamic(D

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] [PATCH 3] Some upstream replies not being logged

2021-09-01 Thread Dominik DL6ER
Hey Simon, On Tue, 2021-08-31 at 21:09 +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > I've tagged 2.86rc2. I've systematically tested the affected code, > and we're dog-fooding it now. It would be good to get as much other > testing in as possible before the 2.86. We have automated CI testing putting a lot of quer