From 60195eadd304ccb0da05d50c3e18cfca45bc20cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DL6ER Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:09:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add BLOCK_TTL documentation Signed-off-by: DL6ER --- docs/ftldns/configfile.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/ftldns/configfile.md b/docs/ftldns/configfile.md index 0ff3a38..06fb3e4 100644 --- a/docs/ftldns/configfile.md +++ b/docs/ftldns/configfile.md @@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ Despite `REFUSE` sounding similar to `DROP`, it turned out that many clients wil Should Pi-hole always replies with `NXDOMAIN` to `A` and `AAAA` queries of `use-application-dns.net` to disable Firefox automatic DNS-over-HTTP? This is following the recommendation on [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/configuring-networks-disable-dns-over-https](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/configuring-networks-disable-dns-over-https) + +#### `BLOCK_TTL=2` (PR [#1173](https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/pull/1173)) {#block_ttl data-toc-label='Blocked domains lifetime'} + +FTL's internal TTL to be handed out for blocked queries. This settings allows users to select a value different from the `dnsmasq` config option `local-ttl`. This seems useful in context of locally used hostnames that are known to stay constant over long times (printers, etc.). + +Note that large values may render whitelisting ineffective due to client-side caching of blocked queries. + --- ### Statistics settings