Hi,
there have been several discussions with several solution attempts in both IPFire forums (old/new), generally starting with (e.g.) "...I am trying to redirect all of my DNS traffic to go thru the IPFire DNS instead of directly to an outside DNS server...".
Current discussion => https://community.ipfire.org/t/forcing-all-dns-traffic-from-the-lan-to-the-f...
But not only in the forums - the oldest Wiki article is dated "May 22, 2015". Long time, but still editing scripts manually...
Hoping that there is a chance for a (final) integrated solution which doesn't include editing code, but having a checkbox to switch this functionality ON/OFF on a standardized and more secure base, I would like to open a discussion on the list.
For a start and to test how this could probably be done - and to find out if I can do it - I customized '/srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/optionsfw.cgi'.
Screenshots of the result can be found in the forum thread cited above: => https://community.ipfire.org/t/forcing-all-dns-traffic-from-the-lan-to-the-f...
But some points are IMHO still unclear and need clarification. And I think I'm not the one to decide where to go...
My thoughts until now:
- Do we need this? [Hm. ;-) As I heard, some folks do.]
- Is the 'optionsfwcgi' the right place for this? [In my opinion: yes. It was easy to add and sits beside other interface "options"]
- Do we really want this for all installations? [For someone, who doesn't want or doesn't need it: it can be switched OFF]
- Is this function usable under ALL circumstances? [If not: it can be switched OFF]
- Where (E.g: firewall init script, rules.pl, wirelessctrl.c, ...) should the necessary iptables rules be processed? [Some ideas how this could be done, but no "breakthrough". Current option-settings are processed in several scripts. Which one to use!?]
Before going on and investing more time in this (on the forum), I'd like to know how the developers think about this and would like to collect ideas and suggestions here.
Any hints are welcome...
Best, Matthias