--local-service. Default protection from DNS amplification attacks.

man/dnsmasq.8

@@ -208,6 +208,14 @@ resolve in the global DNS to a A and/or AAAA record which points to
 the address dnsmasq is listening on. When an interface is specified,
 it may be qualified with "/4" or "/6" to specify only the IPv4 or IPv6
 addresses associated with the interface.
+.TP
+.B --local-service
+Accept DNS queries only from hosts whose address is on a local subnet,
+ie a subnet for which an interface exists on the server. This option
+only has effect is there are no --interface --except-interface,
+--listen-address or --auth-server options. It is intended to be set as
+a default on installation, to allow unconfigured installations to be
+useful but also safe from being used for DNS amplification attacks.
 .TP 
 .B \-2, --no-dhcp-interface=<interface name>
 Do not provide DHCP or TFTP on the specified interface, but do provide DNS service.