How to REDIRECT all my dns traffic port 53 to port 9053 (tor-dns)?

**han85** · January 26th, 2022

Hi guys!

What must be the rule for iptables to forward all my dns traffic on port 53 to port 9053?

Is it even necessary if I have PIHOLE running which listens on port 53?

I tried this:

iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -d 127.0.0.1/32 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 9053
iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING --src 0/0 --dst 192.168.10.10 -p udp --dport 53 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 9053

I could not notice any difference.

PIHOLE dns listens on UDP port 53. tor dns on port 9053 (tcp)

I would like to know how to do this with dns forwarding with iptables.

Please help, thanks!

**SeijiSensei** · January 26th, 2022

I'd leave the source and destination fields empty, but if the tor server expects TCP this will never work. Usually TCP for DNS is used only to transfer domains between servers; queries are handled using UDP. Is there no UDP listener for the tor server?

**han85** · January 27th, 2022

@ SeijiSensei,

tor dns is on localhost active and added tor dns port to PIHOLE /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf

added:
server=127.0.0.1#tor-dns-port-here

Now the name resolution works with PIHOLE via tor-dns when I check dnsleaktest.com (shows me tor-dns server, or web browsing)

I thought I had to add the iptables and forward port 53 to port "tor-dns" in the iptables.It seems that PIHOLE is taking over. I hope I am right

By the way,
I have tested tor-resolve 'domain-here' and it does not work.

tor-resolve ecosia.org

Jan 27 12:25:19.181 [err] Error while connecting to SOCKS host: Connection refused

Maybe you can help me to find out what the problem is.

tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:9150 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 812/tor
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1264/lighttpd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1254/pihole-FTL
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:443 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1264/lighttpd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:4711 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1254/pihole-FTL
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:53 0.0.0.0:* 1254/pihole-FTL
udp 0 0 127.0.0.1:9053 0.0.0.0:* 812/tor

nmap localhost

PORT STATE SERVICE
53/tcp open domain
80/tcp open http
443/tcp open https

**han85** · January 27th, 2022

@ SeijiSensei,

Is it even possible to use tor as a dns server with PIHOLE?

Strangely, my name resolution works with PIHOLE and tor-dns when I call websites or run apt update for example.

**SeijiSensei** · January 27th, 2022

I have never used tor. I see no reason for using it in the case you're describing. The usual method for setting up a DNS server is to run BIND9.

https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-c...ubuntu-debian/

Then you would specify that machine's network IP as the DNS server in all clients. If you use DHCP, you can add the server's address there and have it distributed automatically.