Solved Can you specify the source IP address of DNS queries?

[scotia]

Hi,
using the built-in resolver, is there a way to specify the source address a system uses when making DNS queries?
If i'm not mistaken by default it uses the IP address of the outbound interface over which the query will be sent (although I could be wrong about this).
Thanks

 

[covacat]

drill -I or dig -b ?

 

[scotia]

I mean the system resolver. The one that is used when something calls gethostbyname() and friends.

 

[atax1a]

no. we would set nameserver 127.0.0.1 and use local-unbound or some other caching resolver, and set the source interface there.

 

[scotia]

Nice one: that's a good workaround. I guess it's the [B]outgoing-interface[/B] option one would use in the unbound config file?

 

[atax1a]

yep, exactly