[dnsdist] dnstap logs CLIENT_RESPONSES only, when the queried RR is not in cache

[Tom]

Hi Remi

That did the trick!

Thanks a lot.
Kind regards,
Tom


On 27.08.21 09:43, Remi Gacogne via dnsdist wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> On 8/27/21 8:21 AM, Tom via dnsdist wrote:
>> Using dnsdist-1.6.0, a packet-cache-configuration and a dnstap 
>> (newFrameStreamUnixLogger) configuration, which is configured for 
>> logging responses too:
>>
>> I have noticed that in the dnstap-logs the CLIENT_RESPONSE only 
>> appears, when dnsdist has NO cache entry for this request. Ever 
>> client-query, which can be answered from the dnsdist-cache will only 
>> be logged with "CLIENT_QUERY" and not additional with CLIENT_RESPONSE.
> 
> I can't know for sure without seeing your actual configuration but my 
> guess is that you are using addResponseAction() to log responses, and 
> these rules are not applied to cache hits, for historical reasons.
> You can apply rules to cache hits via addCacheHitResponseAction() [1].
> 
> [1]: https://dnsdist.org/rules-actions.html?#addCacheHitResponseAction
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Remi
> 
> 
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