Re: [squid-users] preferred DNS config

Amos Jeffries wrote:
>> What would you say is preferable - having squid hit a local instance of
>> BIND (or djbdns) or pointing it at the closest upstream name server(s)?
>>
>
> It doesn't really matter per-se. Squid performs full TTL caching of DNS
> results same a DNS server would. The real issue is lag time between Squid
> and its' supplier of DNS info. If you have a local recursive server, its
> usually giving less lag than an upstream one would.
>

thanks, that pretty much confirms what I thought.

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Rick Chisholm
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Parallel42