default DNS caching name server on Fedora ?

[Neal Becker]

Jesse Keating wrote:

> On 06/20/2012 09:57 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>> On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 12:21 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>>> Simo Sorce (simo at redhat.com) said:
>>>> Of course for this to work properly we need some level of integration
>>>> between Network Manager and the DNS caching server so that the dynamic
>>>> configurations can be pushed in/out when the related networks come
>>>> up/down.
>>>>
>>>> Discuss.
>>>
>>> man NetworkManager.conf:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>         dns=plugin1,plugin2, ...
>>>                List DNS plugin names separated by ','. DNS plugins are used
>>>                to
>>>                provide  local caching nameserver functionality (which speeds
>>>                up DNS queries) and to push DNS data to applications that use
>>>                it.
>>>
>>>                Available plugins:
>>>
>>>                dnsmasq
>>>                       this plugin uses dnsmasq to provide local caching
>>>                       name‐ server functionality.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> (Note: haven't tried this.)
>>
>> See also:
>>
>> http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2010/09/23/dont-try-to-run-honey/
>>
>> Been there since 2010.
>>
> 
> So I just gave this a try.  Already had dnsmasq installed so I just
> edited the config file and restarted the NetworkManager service.  Then
> connected to my VPN.
> 
> It.  Just.  Works.  Amazing!  Not only does it just work for resolution,
> but it also works for multiple search domains.  I can ping <name> and
> it'll try <name>.localdomain   and I can also do <name>.<subname> and
> it'll find it at <name>.<subname>.workdomain.  A+
> 
> 

Setup?  Do I need to setup dnsmasq to start @boot, or will NM start it?