Re: DNS resolver resolves LAN IPs

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Wed, 19 Feb 2025, Peter Skvarka wrote:

> Let's forget on timeout I mentioned in my first post, I had prohibited public 
> DNS service for some private machines.
>
> If I understand good your answer, the only way how to disallow resolver to 
> query reverse translation for target private IP is to deploy DNS service for 
> machines with private IPs ?

Just add any of the public DNS servers (like Google's 8.8.8.8) as the 1st
nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf. These will fail private IP queries very
quickly.

-RVP