There wouldn&#x27;t be any point running dnsmasq only for a local machine :)<p>RE intermixing hosts file: dnsmasq supports reading from additional hosts files other than &#x2F;etc&#x2F;hosts (thank to creshal for that suggestion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10580082" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10580082</a>)