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--- ubuntu:networking:dns:configure_dns [2021/01/13 11:43] – peter
+++ ubuntu:networking:dns:configure_dns [2022/03/22 10:27] (current) – peter
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 <WRAP info>
 **NOTE:**  This sets both DNSSEC and DNSOverTLS too.
+DNSSEC helps prevent a potential attacker from modifying your DNS responses.  systemd-resolved does not enforce this by default.
 </WRAP>
 ----
-==== To use multiple resolvers ====
+==== To use multiple resolvers and IPv6 ====
 <file bash /etc/systemd/resolved.conf>
@@ Line 65: / Line 67: @@
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-==== Restart systemd ====
+===== Restart the systemd-resolved service =====
 <code bash>
 sudo systemctl restart systemd-resolved.service
 </code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  A restart of the service is needed to allow any DNS changes to take affect.
+</WRAP>
 ----
+==== Check the systemd-resolv service is running ====
+<code bash>
+sudo systemctl status systemd-resolved.service
+</code>
+returns:
+<code bash>
+● systemd-resolved.service - Network Name Resolution
+     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
+     Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-03-17 19:28:19 GMT; 4 days ago
+       Docs: man:systemd-resolved.service(8)
+             https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/resolved
+             https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/writing-network-configuration-managers
+             https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/writing-resolver-clients
+   Main PID: 1160 (systemd-resolve)
+     Status: "Processing requests..."
+      Tasks: 1 (limit: 77016)
+     Memory: 7.6M
+     CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-resolved.service
+             └─1160 /lib/systemd/systemd-resolved
+Mar 17 19:28:19 bigmamba systemd[1]: Starting Network Name Resolution...
+Mar 17 19:28:19 bigmamba systemd-resolved[1160]: Positive Trust Anchors:
+Mar 17 19:28:19 bigmamba systemd-resolved[1160]: . IN DS 20326 8 2 e06d44b80b8f1d39a95c0b0d7c65d08458e880409bbc683457104237c7f8ec8d
+Mar 17 19:28:19 bigmamba systemd-resolved[1160]: Negative trust anchors: 10.in-addr.arpa 16.172.in-addr.arpa 17.172.in-addr.arpa 18.172.in-addr.arpa 19.172.in-addr.arpa 20.172.in-addr.arpa 21.172.in-addr.arpa 22.172.in-addr.arpa 23.172.in-addr.arpa 24.172.in-addr.arpa 25.172.in-addr.arpa 26.172.in-addr.arpa 27.172.in-addr.arpa 28.172.in-addr.arpa 29.172.in-addr.arpa 30.172.in->
+Mar 17 19:28:19 bigmamba systemd-resolved[1160]: Using system hostname 'bigmamba'.
+Mar 17 19:28:19 bigmamba systemd[1]: Started Network Name Resolution.
+Mar 17 19:30:37 bigmamba systemd-resolved[1160]: Flushed all caches.
+Mar 20 10:47:01 bigmamba systemd-resolved[1160]: Flushed all caches.
+</code>
+----
 ==== Check status ====
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-===== Restart the systemd-resolved service =====
-<code bash>
-sudo systemctl restart systemd-resolved.service
-</code>