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1 The script reads stdin and replaces all IP addresses with names before
2 outputting it again. IPs from private networks are reverse looked up
3 via dns. Other IP adresses are searched for in the dnsmasq query log.
4 This gives names (CNAMEs if I understand DNS correctly) that are closer
5 to the name the client originally asked for then the names obtained by
6 reverse lookup. Just run
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8 netstat -n -4 | ./reverse_replace.sh
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10 to see what it does. It needs
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12 log-queries
13 log-facility=/var/log/dnsmasq.log
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15 in the dnsmasq configuration.
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17 The script runs on debian (with ash installed) and on busybox.
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