Re: Use of "dnsserver" vs named direct

Reuben Farrelly wrote:

> Do the dnsserver processes provide a different function to that which named
> (Bind8.2 in this case) could just as easily do itself? Or is it to do with
> the blocking of DNS lookups when multiple hosts are being looked up at once?

Correct.

Squids dnsserver processes is only to avoid blocking of DNS lookups. The
actual DNS lookups are then performed by your named. The reason to why
Squid has external processes for DNS lookups are that the standard
interface to host/ip lookups are singlethreaded and can only handle one
lookup at the time.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker