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DNS Rewrites ​

To control the domain to IP address resolutions for specified hosts, click on the account button in the top-right corner of the Caido user-interface, select Settings, and open the Network tab.

DNS Rewrite navigation.

Upstream Servers ​

To resolve DNS queries using an alternative upstream DNS server, instead of your local or ISP's DNS server, either:

  • Select Google's or Cloudflare's public recursive DNS servers from the drop-down menu.
Google or Cloudflare DNS server options.
  • Or the DNS server can be explicitly defined by clicking on the + button, providing the server's IP address along with an arbitrary name, and clicking + Create. This will add the server as an option in the drop-down menu.
Setting a custom upstream DNS server.

Static IP ​

To resolve a domain names to a specific IP address, click on the Use static IP checkbox and type in the IP address in the Redirect to static IP input field.

Setting a static IP.

Hosts ​

To define which hosts your custom DNS configurations do/do not apply to, add them to the Included Hosts and Excluded Hosts lists.

TIP

Glob syntax (*) is supported to account for varying subdomains and top-level domains/extended top-level domains.

DNS rewrite hosts.

INFO

If multiple rewrites are defined, traffic is directed to the first matching rule. Click, hold, and drag a rule to change its order position.