Tinc blocking on DNS requests?

[codl]

Right. Would it be possible to move DNS resolution to a different thread or something so it doesn't block everything else?

On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, at 22:47, Guus Sliepen wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 03:45:50PM +0100, codl wrote:
> 
> > I have a tinc network of hosts composed of two hosts on a network, let's call them A and B, and a number of remote hosts over the internet, that I'll collectively call C. A and B both ConnectTo each other and to C
> > 
> > The config files for C refer to them by DNS hostname, while A and B have plain IP addresses. This will be relevant
> > 
> > When A and B are cut off from the internet, I'd expect A and B to still be able to talk to each other, but in practice it works for a time and then stops working for a few minutes, comes back for a time, etc. Modifying the host config files for C on both A and B to point at IP addresses rather than DNS hosts seems to fix it.
> > 
> > I suspect that tinc is waiting for DNS requests to time out and not routing any packets in the meantime
> 
> That's indeed the problem.
> 
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