Re: squid without dns-server

Hi Henrik!

> Squid will not make any DNS lookups unless required by configuration.
>
> Sources to DNS lookups on an firewalled Squid (never_direct allow all):
>
> 1. acl's using srcdomain, dst or dstdomain. (dstdomain calls for DNS if
> seeing an IP address based URL)
> 2. log_fqdn on
> 3. any requests matching always_direct rules (bypasses never_direct).
> 4. Not starting Squid with the -D option. (-D disables initial DNS
> checks done during startup)

Hmm, what about cache_peer? If I configure a parent by fqdn "squid -D" make dns queries during start up but if I work with an ip number no queries are made. Is it possible to suppress dns queries here?

Gerald

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