While we can pass every packet through the :func:`blockFilter` functions, it is also possible to configure :program:`dnsdist` to only hand off some packets for Lua inspection.
If you think Lua is too slow for your query load, or if you are doing heavy processing in Lua, this may make sense.
While we can pass every packet through the :func:`blockFilter` functions, it is also possible to configure :program:`dnsdist` to only hand off some packets for Lua inspection.
If you think Lua is too slow for your query load, or if you are doing heavy processing in Lua, this may make sense.