testing (ran pihole checkout ftl new/regex_replytype). first test result here, due to topic relevance.
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thus tested reply=ip, dig result:
; <<>> DiG 9.16.4 <<>> fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 19237
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net. 2 IN A 192.168.2.57
;; Query time: 4 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.2.57#53(192.168.2.57)
;; WHEN: Fri Sep 10 09:55:10 Romance Daylight Time 2021
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 77
tested reply=nodata, dig result:
; <<>> DiG 9.16.4 <<>> fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 14311
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net. IN A
;; Query time: 6 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.2.57#53(192.168.2.57)
;; WHEN: Fri Sep 10 10:35:18 Romance Daylight Time 2021
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 61
tested reply=nxdomain, dig result:
; <<>> DiG 9.16.4 <<>> fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 28488
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net. IN A
;; Query time: 5 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.2.57#53(192.168.2.57)
;; WHEN: Fri Sep 10 10:41:36 Romance Daylight Time 2021
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 61
all modes tested and working, replies as expected.
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edit2
with (\.|^)ps4\.update\.playstation\.net$;reply=ip
dig AAAA fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net
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; <<>> DiG 9.16.4 <<>> AAAA fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51782
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net. IN AAAA
;; ANSWER SECTION:
fuk01.ps4.update.playstation.net. 2 IN AAAA 2a02:xxxx:yyyy:zzzz:9435:92d8:531d:b64a
;; Query time: 5 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.2.57#53(192.168.2.57)
;; WHEN: Fri Sep 10 14:32:23 Romance Daylight Time 2021
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 89
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so this also produces a correct response.
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