[FS#677] dnsmasq-full does not respond to DNS queries on IPv6 link-local addresses

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Mon Aug 28 09:55:50 PDT 2017


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FS#677 - dnsmasq-full does not respond to DNS queries on IPv6 link-local addresses
User who did this - Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant (kdarbyshirebryant)

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Mon Aug 28 17:46:09 2017 daemon.info dnsmasq[16644]: 8 fe80::68c2:cd6d:cb27:e9a2%br-wifi5_priv/37859 query[A] bbc.co.uk from fe80::68c2:cd6d:cb27:e9a2
Mon Aug 28 17:46:09 2017 daemon.info dnsmasq[16644]: 8 fe80::68c2:cd6d:cb27:e9a2%br-wifi5_priv/37859 cached bbc.co.uk is 212.58.244.23


kevin at Animal ~/ $ nslookup
> server fe80::62e3:27ff:feaf:9e50%wlan0
Default server: fe80::62e3:27ff:feaf:9e50%wlan0
Address: fe80::62e3:27ff:feaf:9e50%3#53
> bbc.co.uk
Server:		fe80::62e3:27ff:feaf:9e50%wlan0
Address:	fe80::62e3:27ff:feaf:9e50%3#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	bbc.co.uk
Address: 212.58.244.23


As you can see, it works for me - I have 5 different ipv6 /64 prefixes across 5 bridges, all with globally routable IPv6 and link-local IPv6 addresses.  dnsmasq listens on all bridges and responds correctly to both global and link-local addresses.

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