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    tailscaled binds to port 53, causing unbound to fail to start

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      mfld LAYER 8
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      Why is this a thing:

      sockstat -l | grep 53
      root     tailscaled 67328 20  udp46  *:35330               *:*
      root     tailscaled 67328 27  udp46  *:53                  *:*
      

      it is causing DNS outages

      php-fpm 63443 - - /system.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/unbound -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf' returned exit code '1', the output was '[1721265423] unbound[43366:0] error: bind: address already in use [1721265423] unbound[43366:0] fatal error: could not open ports'
      

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      I only see it on some 24.03 devices with this style of config. Others work fine.

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        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mfld
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        @mfld my guess would be you have magicdns enabled

        https://tailscale.com/kb/1081/magicdns

        I think they changed that to be default enabled a while back, use to be off by default. So depending on when you created your tailscale account?

        I do not have enabled.. Makes no sense when you run your own dns.

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