Re: disable dnsserver - what is the cost?

In <199811180025.RAA09640@surf.ircache.net>, on 11/17/98
   at 05:25 PM, Duane Wessels <wessels@ircache.net> said:

>Strictly speaking, all DNS lookups "block" the process. Some
>lookups take longer than others. These seem to take a particularly long time
>for me:

> banners.worldnetgaming.com
> alex95.gang4d.ml.org

>So if you request a URL with these hostnames, Squid is
>stuck until the DNS lookup returns or times out. If you change
>your mind and abort the request and make another request, you
>will get nothing from Squid until the previous lookup times out. Could take
>up to two minutes.

But doesn't that mean that squid NEEDS to do a DNS lookup,
no matter what? If so, then if it doesn't use dnsserver.exe,
what does it use?

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