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diff --git a/doc/dnsfunneld.html b/doc/dnsfunneld.html index ae03cf1..48ea870 100644 --- a/doc/dnsfunneld.html +++ b/doc/dnsfunneld.html @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ queries, the responses, or both. <ul> <li> dnsfunneld creates a UDP inet domain socket and binds it -to IPv4 address <em>ip</em> (normally 127.0.0.1) and port <em>port</em> -(normally 53). </li> +to IP (v4 or v6) address <em>ip</em> (by default 127.0.0.1) and +port <em>port</em> (normally 53). </li> <li> Depending on the options it has been given, it may chroot and lose privileges on its gid and uid. </li> <li> It reads the <tt>caches</tt> file (relative to its current @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ in the GID environment variable, and drop privileges to that uid/gid. </li> <li> <tt>-g <em>gid</em></tt> : drop privileges to numerical gid <em>gid</em>. </li> <li> <tt>-i <em>ip</em></tt> : bind the socket to -IPv4 <em>ip</em>. Default is <tt>127.0.0.1</tt>. </li> +IP address <em>ip</em>. Default is <tt>127.0.0.1</tt>. </li> <li> <tt>-p <em>port</em></tt> : bind the socket to port <em>port</em>. Default is <tt>53</tt>. </li> <li> <tt>-R <em>root</em></tt> : chroot to <em>root</em>. Default @@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ changes on the <tt>/etc/resolv.conf</tt> file (via inotify or kqueue, depending on your system) and immediately calling <a href="dnsfunnel-translate.html">dnsfunnel-translate</a>, sending a SIGHUP to dnsfunneld, and forcefully overwriting <tt>/etc/resolv.conf</tt>. </li> + <li> dnsfunneld can also be used as a simple forwarder, for instance to +transmit DNS queries arriving on an IPv6 address to a DNS cache that only +listens to IPv4 addresses. </li> <li> It is easy to send a SIGHUP to dnsfunneld even without knowing its pid, if it is run under a process supervision system such as <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6/">s6</a>. </li> |