Bug 14003 - Knot Resolver does not support hostnames in forward rules
Summary: Knot Resolver does not support hostnames in forward rules
Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: IPFire
Classification: Unclassified
Component: --- (show other bugs)
Version: 2
Hardware: unspecified Unspecified
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Assignee: Michael Tremer
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Blocks: KRESD
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Reported: 2026-06-01 09:37 UTC by Michael Tremer
Modified: 2026-07-08 13:44 UTC (History)
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Description Michael Tremer 2026-06-01 09:37:38 UTC 
This is kind of annoying since we have been supporting this before and it is also very handy:

> Jun  1 10:20:47 fw01 kresd[12759]: [system] error while loading config: /usr/lib/knot-resolver/kres_modules/policy.lua:53: target 'fra.lwldns.net" is not a valid IP address (workdir '/run/
knot-resolver')
Comment 1 Michael Tremer 2026-07-08 13:44:24 UTC 
This cannot be solved as Knot Resolver does not support this and has been mentioned in the changelog:

> https://www.ipfire.org/blog/ipfire-2-29-core-update-203-is-available-for-testing