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Bug 208056 - encourage secure configuration of dnsmasq
Summary: encourage secure configuration of dnsmasq
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-rou...
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Reported: 2008-01-29 15:05 UTC by Paweł Hajdan, Jr. (RETIRED)
Modified: 2008-01-31 19:03 UTC (History)
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Description Paweł Hajdan, Jr. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-01-29 15:05:22 UTC
I read article about insecure DHCP setups: http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/r00ting-public-wifi-networks-dhcp-name-poisoning-attacks/ and thought it would be nice to check my own setup.

I discovered that dnsmasq has option --dhcp-ignore-names, but it's not turned on by default. IMHO it should be handled somehow, either updating the documentation (including a warning about this), or changing the defaults.
Comment 1 Jan Kundrát (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-01-31 19:03:32 UTC
Isn't that expected behaviour? When I'm configuring home network, I do have some level of trust in other hosts. If I was configuring a "public hotspot", I wouldn't follow "home router guide". If you disagree, please reopen this bug and I'll send it to dnsmasq maintainers as I don't see any need for change in documentation.