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Dnsmasq is included in at least the following Linux distributions:
Gentoo, Debian, Slackware, Suse,
Smoothwall, IP-Cop, floppyfw, Firebox, LEAF, Freesco, CoyoteLinux and
Clarkconnect. It is also available as a FreeBSD port and is used in Linksys wireless routers.
Clarkconnect. It is also available as a FreeBSD port and is used in
Linksys wireless routers and the m0n0wall project.
<P>
Dnsmasq provides the following features:
<DIR>
@@ -41,22 +42,18 @@ machine: If the names of local machines are there, then they can all
be addressed without having to maintain /etc/hosts on each machine.
</LI>
<LI>
Dnsmasq will serve names from the DHCP leases file on the firewall machine:
If machines specify a hostname when they take out a DHCP lease, then they are
addressable in the local DNS. <B>UPDATE</B> Dnsmasq version 2 now offers an integrated DHCP server
instead of the lease file reader. This gives better control of the
interaction with new functions (for example fixed IP leasess and
attaching names to ethernet addresses centrally) it's also much
smaller than dnsmasq and ISC dhcpd which is important for router distros.
The integrated DHCP server supports static and dynamic DHCP leases and
multiple networks and IP ranges. It works across BOOTP relays and
supports DHCP options including RFC3397 DNS search lists.
Machines which are configured by DHCP have their names automatically
included in the DNS and the names can specified by each machine or
centrally by associating a name with a MAC address in the dnsmasq
config file.
</LI>
<LI>
Dnsmasq caches internet addresses (A records and AAAA records) and address-to-name
mappings (PTR records), reducing the load on upstream servers and
improving performance (especially on modem connections). From version
0.95 the cache honours time-to-live information and removes old
records as they expire. From version 0.996 dnsmasq does negative
caching. From version 1.2 dnsmasq supports IPv6 addresses, both
in its cache and in /etc/hosts.
improving performance (especially on modem connections).
</LI>
<LI>
Dnsmasq can be configured to automatically pick up the addresses of
@@ -76,14 +73,8 @@ upstream servers handling only those domains. This makes integration
with private DNS systems easy.
</LI>
<LI>
Dnsmasq can be configured to return an MX record
for the firewall host. This makes it easy to configure the mailer on the local
machines to forward all mail to the central mailer on the firewall host. Never
lose root messages from your machines again!
</LI>
<LI>
For version 1.15 dnsmasq has a facility to work around Verisign's infamous wildcard A record
in the .com and .net TLDs
Dnsmasq supports MX records and can be configured to return MX records
for any or all local machines.
</LI>
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Ulrich Ivens has a nice HOWTO in German on installing dnsmasq at <A
HREF="http://howto.linux-hardware-shop.de/dnsmasq.html">http://howto.linux-hardware-shop.de/dnsmasq.html</A>
and Damien Raude-Morvan has one in French at <A HREF="http://www.drazzib.com/docs-dnsmasq.html">http://www.drazzib.com/docs-dnsmasq.html</A>
There is a good article about dnsmasq at <A
HREF="http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3377351">http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3377351</A>
<H2>License.</H2>
Dnsmasq is distributed under the GPL. See the file COPYING in the distribution
for details.
<H2>Contact.</H2>
Dnsmasq was written by Simon Kelley. You can contact me at <A HREF="mailto:simon@thekelleys.org.uk">simon@thekelleys.org.uk</A>. Bugreports, patches, and suggestions for improvements gratefully accepted.
There is a dnsmasq mailing list at <A
HREF="http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss">
http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss</A> which should be the
first location for queries, bugreports, suggestions etc.
Dnsmasq was written by Simon Kelley. You can contact me at <A
HREF="mailto:simon@thekelleys.org.uk">simon@thekelleys.org.uk</A>.
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