diff --git a/interface-definitions/service_dns_forwarding.xml.in b/interface-definitions/service_dns_forwarding.xml.in
index b52b4bda3..5667028b7 100644
--- a/interface-definitions/service_dns_forwarding.xml.in
+++ b/interface-definitions/service_dns_forwarding.xml.in
@@ -1,801 +1,802 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!-- DNS forwarder configuration -->
 <interfaceDefinition>
   <node name="service">
     <children>
       <node name="dns">
         <properties>
           <help>Domain Name System (DNS) related services</help>
         </properties>
         <children>
           <node name="forwarding" owner="${vyos_conf_scripts_dir}/service_dns_forwarding.py">
             <properties>
               <help>DNS forwarding</help>
               <priority>918</priority>
             </properties>
             <children>
               <leafNode name="cache-size">
                 <properties>
                   <help>DNS forwarding cache size</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>u32:0-2147483647</format>
                     <description>DNS forwarding cache size</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-2147483647"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>10000</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="dhcp">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Interfaces whose DHCP client nameservers to forward requests to</help>
                   <completionHelp>
                     <script>${vyos_completion_dir}/list_interfaces</script>
                   </completionHelp>
                   <multi/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="dns64-prefix">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Help to communicate between IPv6-only client and IPv4-only server</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv6net</format>
                     <description>IPv6 address and /96 only prefix length</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="ipv6-prefix"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="dnssec">
                 <properties>
                   <help>DNSSEC mode</help>
                   <completionHelp>
                     <list>off process-no-validate process log-fail validate</list>
                   </completionHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>off</format>
                     <description>No DNSSEC processing whatsoever!</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>process-no-validate</format>
                     <description>Respond with DNSSEC records to clients that ask for it. No validation done at all!</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>process</format>
                     <description>Respond with DNSSEC records to clients that ask for it. Validation for clients that request it.</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>log-fail</format>
                     <description>Similar behaviour to process, but validate RRSIGs on responses and log bogus responses.</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>validate</format>
                     <description>Full blown DNSSEC validation. Send SERVFAIL to clients on bogus responses.</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <regex>(off|process-no-validate|process|log-fail|validate)</regex>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>process-no-validate</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <tagNode name="domain">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Domain to forward to a custom DNS server</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>txt</format>
                     <description>An absolute DNS domain name</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="fqdn"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <children>
                   #include <include/name-server-ipv4-ipv6-port.xml.i>
                   <leafNode name="addnta">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Add NTA (negative trust anchor) for this domain (must be set if the domain does not support DNSSEC)</help>
                       <valueless/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="recursion-desired">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Set the "recursion desired" bit in requests to the upstream nameserver</help>
                       <valueless/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                 </children>
               </tagNode>
               <tagNode name="authoritative-domain">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Domain to host authoritative records for</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>txt</format>
                     <description>An absolute DNS domain name</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <regex>((?!-)[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@|any)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <children>
                   <node name="records">
                     <properties>
                       <help>DNS zone records</help>
                     </properties>
                     <children>
                       <tagNode name="a">
                         <properties>
                           <help>A record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>any</format>
                             <description>Wildcard record (any subdomain)</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@|any)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="address">
                             <properties>
                               <help>IPv4 address</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>ipv4</format>
                                 <description>IPv4 address</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <multi/>
                               <constraint>
                                 <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                           <leafNode name="ttl">
                               <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="aaaa">
                         <properties>
                           <help>AAAA record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>any</format>
                             <description>Wildcard record (any subdomain)</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@|any)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="address">
                             <properties>
                               <help>IPv6 address</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>ipv6</format>
                                 <description>IPv6 address</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <multi/>
                               <constraint>
                                 <validator name="ipv6-address"/>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                           <leafNode name="ttl">
                               <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="cname">
                         <properties>
                           <help>CNAME record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="target">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Target DNS name</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>name.example.com</format>
                                 <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                           <leafNode name="ttl">
                               <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="mx">
                         <properties>
                           <help>MX record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <tagNode name="server">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Mail server</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>name.example.com</format>
                                 <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                             <children>
                               <leafNode name="priority">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Server priority</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:1-999</format>
                                     <description>Server priority (lower numbers are higher priority)</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 1-999"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                                 <defaultValue>10</defaultValue>
                               </leafNode>
                             </children>
                           </tagNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                           <leafNode name="ttl">
                               <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="ns">
                         <properties>
                           <help>NS record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="target">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Target DNS server authoritative for subdomain</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>nsXX.example.com</format>
                                 <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                               </constraint>
+                              <multi/>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                           <leafNode name="ttl">
                               <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="ptr">
                         <properties>
                           <help>PTR record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="target">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Target DNS name</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>name.example.com</format>
                                 <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                           <leafNode name="ttl">
                               <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="txt">
                         <properties>
                           <help>TXT record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="value">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Record contents</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>txt</format>
                                 <description>Record contents</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <multi/>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                           <leafNode name="ttl">
                               <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="spf">
                         <properties>
                           <help>SPF record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="value">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Record contents</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>txt</format>
                                 <description>Record contents</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                           <leafNode name="ttl">
                               <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="srv">
                         <properties>
                           <help>SRV record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <tagNode name="entry">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Service entry</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                 <description>Entry number</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                             <children>
                               <leafNode name="hostname">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Server hostname</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>name.example.com</format>
                                     <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="port">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Port number</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                     <description>TCP/UDP port number</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65536"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="priority">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Entry priority</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                     <description>Entry priority (lower numbers are higher priority)</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                                 <defaultValue>10</defaultValue>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="weight">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Entry weight</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                     <description>Entry weight</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                                 <defaultValue>0</defaultValue>
                               </leafNode>
                             </children>
                           </tagNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                           <leafNode name="ttl">
                               <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="naptr">
                         <properties>
                           <help>NAPTR record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <tagNode name="rule">
                             <properties>
                               <help>NAPTR rule</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                 <description>Rule number</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                             <children>
                               <leafNode name="order">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Rule order</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                     <description>Rule order (lower order is evaluated first)</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="preference">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Rule preference</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                     <description>Rule preference</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                                 <defaultValue>0</defaultValue>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="lookup-srv">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>S flag</help>
                                   <valueless/>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="lookup-a">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>A flag</help>
                                   <valueless/>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="resolve-uri">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>U flag</help>
                                   <valueless/>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="protocol-specific">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>P flag</help>
                                   <valueless/>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="service">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Service type</help>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <regex>[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{0,31}(\+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{0,31})?</regex>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="regexp">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Regular expression</help>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="replacement">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Replacement DNS name</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>name.example.com</format>
                                     <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                             </children>
                           </tagNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                           <leafNode name="ttl">
                               <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                     </children>
                   </node>
                   #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                 </children>
               </tagNode>
               <leafNode name="ignore-hosts-file">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Do not use local /etc/hosts file in name resolution</help>
                   <valueless/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="no-serve-rfc1918">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Makes the server authoritatively not aware of RFC1918 addresses</help>
 		          <valueless/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="allow-from">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Networks allowed to query this server</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv4net</format>
                     <description>IP address and prefix length</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv6net</format>
                     <description>IPv6 address and prefix length</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <multi/>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="ip-prefix"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               #include <include/listen-address.xml.i>
               #include <include/port-number.xml.i>
               <leafNode name="port">
                 <defaultValue>53</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="negative-ttl">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Maximum amount of time negative entries are cached</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>u32:0-7200</format>
                     <description>Seconds to cache NXDOMAIN entries</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-7200"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>3600</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="serve-stale-extension">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Number of times the expired TTL of a record is extended by 30 seconds when serving stale</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                     <description>Number of times to extend the TTL</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>0</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="timeout">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Number of milliseconds to wait for a remote authoritative server to respond</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>u32:10-60000</format>
                     <description>Network timeout in milliseconds</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 10-60000"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>1500</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               #include <include/name-server-ipv4-ipv6-port.xml.i>
               #include <include/source-address-ipv4-ipv6-multi.xml.i>
               <leafNode name="source-address">
                 <defaultValue>0.0.0.0 ::</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="system">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Use system name servers</help>
                   <valueless/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="exclude-throttle-address">
                 <properties>
                   <help>IP address or subnet</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv4</format>
                     <description>IPv4 address to match</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv4net</format>
                     <description>IPv4 prefix to match</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv6</format>
                     <description>IPv6 address</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv6net</format>
                     <description>IPv6 address</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <multi/>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                     <validator name="ipv4-prefix"/>
                     <validator name="ipv6-address"/>
                     <validator name="ipv6-prefix"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <node name="options">
                 <properties>
                   <help>DNS server options</help>
                 </properties>
                 <children>
                   <leafNode name="ecs-add-for">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Client netmask for which EDNS Client Subnet will be added</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv4net</format>
                         <description>IPv4 prefix to match</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>!ipv4net</format>
                         <description>Match everything except the specified IPv4 prefix</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv6net</format>
                         <description>IPv6 prefix to match</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>!ipv6net</format>
                         <description>Match everything except the specified IPv6 prefix</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="ipv4-prefix"/>
                         <validator name="ipv4-prefix-exclude"/>
                         <validator name="ipv6-prefix"/>
                         <validator name="ipv6-prefix-exclude"/>
                       </constraint>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="ecs-ipv4-bits">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Number of bits of IPv4 address to pass for EDNS Client Subnet</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>u32:0-32</format>
                         <description>Number of bits of IPv4 address</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-32"/>
                       </constraint>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="edns-subnet-allow-list">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Netmask or domain that we should enable EDNS subnet for</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>txt</format>
                         <description>Netmask or domain</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                 </children>
               </node>
             </children>
           </node>
         </children>
       </node>
     </children>
   </node>
 </interfaceDefinition>
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/service_dns_forwarding.py b/src/conf_mode/service_dns_forwarding.py
index 7e863073a..e8318a83e 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/service_dns_forwarding.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/service_dns_forwarding.py
@@ -1,369 +1,382 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018-2024 VyOS maintainers and contributors
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import os
 
 from sys import exit
 from glob import glob
 
 from vyos.config import Config
 from vyos.hostsd_client import Client as hostsd_client
 from vyos.template import render
 from vyos.template import bracketize_ipv6
 from vyos.utils.network import interface_exists
 from vyos.utils.process import call
 from vyos.utils.permission import chown
 from vyos import ConfigError
 from vyos import airbag
 airbag.enable()
 
 pdns_rec_user_group = 'pdns'
 pdns_rec_run_dir = '/run/pdns-recursor'
 pdns_rec_lua_conf_file = f'{pdns_rec_run_dir}/recursor.conf.lua'
 pdns_rec_hostsd_lua_conf_file = f'{pdns_rec_run_dir}/recursor.vyos-hostsd.conf.lua'
 pdns_rec_hostsd_zones_file = f'{pdns_rec_run_dir}/recursor.forward-zones.conf'
 pdns_rec_config_file = f'{pdns_rec_run_dir}/recursor.conf'
 pdns_rec_systemd_override = '/run/systemd/system/pdns-recursor.service.d/override.conf'
 
 hostsd_tag = 'static'
 
 def get_config(config=None):
     if config:
         conf = config
     else:
         conf = Config()
     base = ['service', 'dns', 'forwarding']
     if not conf.exists(base):
         return None
 
     dns = conf.get_config_dict(base, key_mangling=('-', '_'),
                                no_tag_node_value_mangle=True,
                                get_first_key=True,
                                with_recursive_defaults=True)
 
     dns['config_file'] = pdns_rec_config_file
     dns['config_dir'] = os.path.dirname(pdns_rec_config_file)
 
     # some additions to the default dictionary
     if 'system' in dns:
         base_nameservers = ['system', 'name-server']
         if conf.exists(base_nameservers):
             dns.update({'system_name_server': conf.return_values(base_nameservers)})
 
     if 'authoritative_domain' in dns:
         dns['authoritative_zones'] = []
         dns['authoritative_zone_errors'] = []
         for node in dns['authoritative_domain']:
             zonedata = dns['authoritative_domain'][node]
             if ('disable' in zonedata) or (not 'records' in zonedata):
                 continue
             zone = {
                 'name': node,
                 'file': "{}/zone.{}.conf".format(pdns_rec_run_dir, node),
                 'records': [],
             }
 
             recorddata = zonedata['records']
 
             for rtype in [ 'a', 'aaaa', 'cname', 'mx', 'ns', 'ptr', 'txt', 'spf', 'srv', 'naptr' ]:
                 if rtype not in recorddata:
                     continue
                 for subnode in recorddata[rtype]:
                     if 'disable' in recorddata[rtype][subnode]:
                         continue
 
                     rdata = recorddata[rtype][subnode]
 
                     if rtype in [ 'a', 'aaaa' ]:
                         if not 'address' in rdata:
                             dns['authoritative_zone_errors'].append(f'{subnode}.{node}: at least one address is required')
                             continue
 
                         if subnode == 'any':
                             subnode = '*'
 
                         for address in rdata['address']:
                             zone['records'].append({
                                 'name': subnode,
                                 'type': rtype.upper(),
                                 'ttl': rdata['ttl'],
                                 'value': address
                             })
-                    elif rtype in ['cname', 'ptr', 'ns']:
+                    elif rtype in ['cname', 'ptr']:
                         if not 'target' in rdata:
                             dns['authoritative_zone_errors'].append(f'{subnode}.{node}: target is required')
                             continue
 
                         zone['records'].append({
                             'name': subnode,
                             'type': rtype.upper(),
                             'ttl': rdata['ttl'],
                             'value': '{}.'.format(rdata['target'])
                         })
+                    elif rtype == 'ns':
+                        if not 'target' in rdata:
+                            dns['authoritative_zone_errors'].append(f'{subnode}.{node}: at leaast one target is required')
+                            continue
+
+                        for target in rdata['target']:
+                            zone['records'].append({
+                                'name': subnode,
+                                'type': rtype.upper(),
+                                'ttl': rdata['ttl'],
+                                'value': '{}.'.format(target)
+                            })
+
                     elif rtype == 'mx':
                         if not 'server' in rdata:
                             dns['authoritative_zone_errors'].append(f'{subnode}.{node}: at least one server is required')
                             continue
 
                         for servername in rdata['server']:
                             serverdata = rdata['server'][servername]
                             zone['records'].append({
                                 'name': subnode,
                                 'type': rtype.upper(),
                                 'ttl': rdata['ttl'],
                                 'value': '{} {}.'.format(serverdata['priority'], servername)
                             })
                     elif rtype == 'txt':
                         if not 'value' in rdata:
                             dns['authoritative_zone_errors'].append(f'{subnode}.{node}: at least one value is required')
                             continue
 
                         for value in rdata['value']:
                             zone['records'].append({
                                 'name': subnode,
                                 'type': rtype.upper(),
                                 'ttl': rdata['ttl'],
                                 'value': "\"{}\"".format(value.replace("\"", "\\\""))
                             })
                     elif rtype == 'spf':
                         if not 'value' in rdata:
                             dns['authoritative_zone_errors'].append(f'{subnode}.{node}: value is required')
                             continue
 
                         zone['records'].append({
                             'name': subnode,
                             'type': rtype.upper(),
                             'ttl': rdata['ttl'],
                             'value': '"{}"'.format(rdata['value'].replace("\"", "\\\""))
                         })
                     elif rtype == 'srv':
                         if not 'entry' in rdata:
                             dns['authoritative_zone_errors'].append(f'{subnode}.{node}: at least one entry is required')
                             continue
 
                         for entryno in rdata['entry']:
                             entrydata = rdata['entry'][entryno]
                             if not 'hostname' in entrydata:
                                 dns['authoritative_zone_errors'].append(f'{subnode}.{node}: hostname is required for entry {entryno}')
                                 continue
 
                             if not 'port' in entrydata:
                                 dns['authoritative_zone_errors'].append(f'{subnode}.{node}: port is required for entry {entryno}')
                                 continue
 
                             zone['records'].append({
                                 'name': subnode,
                                 'type': rtype.upper(),
                                 'ttl': rdata['ttl'],
                                 'value': '{} {} {} {}.'.format(entrydata['priority'], entrydata['weight'], entrydata['port'], entrydata['hostname'])
                             })
                     elif rtype == 'naptr':
                         if not 'rule' in rdata:
                             dns['authoritative_zone_errors'].append(f'{subnode}.{node}: at least one rule is required')
                             continue
 
                         for ruleno in rdata['rule']:
                             ruledata = rdata['rule'][ruleno]
                             flags = ""
                             if 'lookup-srv' in ruledata:
                                 flags += "S"
                             if 'lookup-a' in ruledata:
                                 flags += "A"
                             if 'resolve-uri' in ruledata:
                                 flags += "U"
                             if 'protocol-specific' in ruledata:
                                 flags += "P"
 
                             if 'order' in ruledata:
                                 order = ruledata['order']
                             else:
                                 order = ruleno
 
                             if 'regexp' in ruledata:
                                 regexp= ruledata['regexp'].replace("\"", "\\\"")
                             else:
                                 regexp = ''
 
                             if ruledata['replacement']:
                                 replacement = '{}.'.format(ruledata['replacement'])
                             else:
                                 replacement = ''
 
                             zone['records'].append({
                                 'name': subnode,
                                 'type': rtype.upper(),
                                 'ttl': rdata['ttl'],
                                 'value': '{} {} "{}" "{}" "{}" {}'.format(order, ruledata['preference'], flags, ruledata['service'], regexp, replacement)
                             })
 
             dns['authoritative_zones'].append(zone)
 
     return dns
 
 def verify(dns):
     # bail out early - looks like removal from running config
     if not dns:
         return None
 
     if 'listen_address' not in dns:
         raise ConfigError('DNS forwarding requires a listen-address')
 
     if 'allow_from' not in dns:
         raise ConfigError('DNS forwarding requires an allow-from network')
 
     # we can not use dict_search() when testing for domain servers
     # as a domain will contains dot's which is out dictionary delimiter.
     if 'domain' in dns:
         for domain in dns['domain']:
             if 'name_server' not in dns['domain'][domain]:
                 raise ConfigError(f'No server configured for domain {domain}!')
 
     if 'dns64_prefix' in dns:
         dns_prefix = dns['dns64_prefix'].split('/')[1]
         # RFC 6147 requires prefix /96
         if int(dns_prefix) != 96:
             raise ConfigError('DNS 6to4 prefix must be of length /96')
 
     if ('authoritative_zone_errors' in dns) and dns['authoritative_zone_errors']:
         for error in dns['authoritative_zone_errors']:
             print(error)
         raise ConfigError('Invalid authoritative records have been defined')
 
     if 'system' in dns:
         if not 'system_name_server' in dns:
             print('Warning: No "system name-server" configured')
 
     return None
 
 def generate(dns):
     # bail out early - looks like removal from running config
     if not dns:
         return None
 
     render(pdns_rec_systemd_override, 'dns-forwarding/override.conf.j2', dns)
 
     render(pdns_rec_config_file, 'dns-forwarding/recursor.conf.j2', dns,
            user=pdns_rec_user_group, group=pdns_rec_user_group)
 
     render(pdns_rec_config_file, 'dns-forwarding/recursor.conf.j2', dns,
            user=pdns_rec_user_group, group=pdns_rec_user_group)
 
     render(pdns_rec_lua_conf_file, 'dns-forwarding/recursor.conf.lua.j2', dns,
            user=pdns_rec_user_group, group=pdns_rec_user_group)
 
     for zone_filename in glob(f'{pdns_rec_run_dir}/zone.*.conf'):
         os.unlink(zone_filename)
 
     if 'authoritative_zones' in dns:
         for zone in dns['authoritative_zones']:
             render(zone['file'], 'dns-forwarding/recursor.zone.conf.j2',
                     zone, user=pdns_rec_user_group, group=pdns_rec_user_group)
 
 
     # if vyos-hostsd didn't create its files yet, create them (empty)
     for file in [pdns_rec_hostsd_lua_conf_file, pdns_rec_hostsd_zones_file]:
         with open(file, 'a'):
             pass
         chown(file, user=pdns_rec_user_group, group=pdns_rec_user_group)
 
     return None
 
 def apply(dns):
     systemd_service = 'pdns-recursor.service'
     # Reload systemd manager configuration
     call('systemctl daemon-reload')
 
     if not dns:
         # DNS forwarding is removed in the commit
         call(f'systemctl stop {systemd_service}')
 
         if os.path.isfile(pdns_rec_config_file):
             os.unlink(pdns_rec_config_file)
 
         for zone_filename in glob(f'{pdns_rec_run_dir}/zone.*.conf'):
             os.unlink(zone_filename)
     else:
         ### first apply vyos-hostsd config
         hc = hostsd_client()
 
         # add static nameservers to hostsd so they can be joined with other
         # sources
         hc.delete_name_servers([hostsd_tag])
         if 'name_server' in dns:
             # 'name_server' is of the form
             # {'192.0.2.1': {'port': 53}, '2001:db8::1': {'port': 853}, ...}
             # canonicalize them as ['192.0.2.1:53', '[2001:db8::1]:853', ...]
             nslist = [(lambda h, p: f"{bracketize_ipv6(h)}:{p['port']}")(h, p)
                       for (h, p) in dns['name_server'].items()]
             hc.add_name_servers({hostsd_tag: nslist})
 
         # delete all nameserver tags
         hc.delete_name_server_tags_recursor(hc.get_name_server_tags_recursor())
 
         ## add nameserver tags - the order determines the nameserver order!
         # our own tag (static)
         hc.add_name_server_tags_recursor([hostsd_tag])
 
         if 'system' in dns:
             hc.add_name_server_tags_recursor(['system'])
         else:
             hc.delete_name_server_tags_recursor(['system'])
 
         # add dhcp nameserver tags for configured interfaces
         if 'system_name_server' in dns:
             for interface in dns['system_name_server']:
                 # system_name_server key contains both IP addresses and interface
                 # names (DHCP) to use DNS servers. We need to check if the
                 # value is an interface name - only if this is the case, add the
                 # interface based DNS forwarder.
                 if interface_exists(interface):
                     hc.add_name_server_tags_recursor(['dhcp-' + interface,
                                                       'dhcpv6-' + interface ])
 
         # hostsd will generate the forward-zones file
         # the list and keys() are required as get returns a dict, not list
         hc.delete_forward_zones(list(hc.get_forward_zones().keys()))
         if 'domain' in dns:
             zones = dns['domain']
             for domain in zones.keys():
                 # 'name_server' is of the form
                 # {'192.0.2.1': {'port': 53}, '2001:db8::1': {'port': 853}, ...}
                 # canonicalize them as ['192.0.2.1:53', '[2001:db8::1]:853', ...]
                 zones[domain]['name_server'] = [(lambda h, p: f"{bracketize_ipv6(h)}:{p['port']}")(h, p)
                                                 for (h, p) in zones[domain]['name_server'].items()]
             hc.add_forward_zones(zones)
 
         # hostsd generates NTAs for the authoritative zones
         # the list and keys() are required as get returns a dict, not list
         hc.delete_authoritative_zones(list(hc.get_authoritative_zones()))
         if 'authoritative_zones' in dns:
             hc.add_authoritative_zones(list(map(lambda zone: zone['name'], dns['authoritative_zones'])))
 
         # call hostsd to generate forward-zones and its lua-config-file
         hc.apply()
 
         ### finally (re)start pdns-recursor
         call(f'systemctl reload-or-restart {systemd_service}')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     try:
         c = get_config()
         verify(c)
         generate(c)
         apply(c)
     except ConfigError as e:
         print(e)
         exit(1)