Make dnsmasq reject some names

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I'd like to setup dnsmasq as DNS-only server for blocking certain domains. But instead of having it return 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 or such, I'd like it to respond with a No such name. just as if the name does not exist at all.

How to I filter certain domains?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 27 '14 at 10:14

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You could make dnsmasq authoritative for those domains with the --auth-zone option, and simply not add any DNS records for those domains.

answered Apr 27 '14 at 10:14

Dennis Kaarsemaker

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You can't configure it inside `dnsmasq.conf`, can you? Adding a lot of hosts using the command line parameters seems not to be a practicable. – bot47 Apr 27 '14 at 10:22
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All dnsmasq command line options can also be used as configuration parameters. – Dennis Kaarsemaker Apr 27 '14 at 10:24
OK, works. Although this approach seems quite contraintuitive to me. – bot47 Apr 27 '14 at 10:29

Make dnsmasq reject some names

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