Jay Wilson wrote:
> Has anyone ever tried to run a copy of named (caching only, not
> authoritative records) on the same box as squid, and have squid use it for
> resolving DNS instead of using a separate nameserver?? Any reason why it
> would not work?? Can anyone think of advantages/disadvantages or is it moot?
> This may be already built into squid but I am a squid newbie and the FAQ's
> are pretty vague about the whole lookup process as it relates to squid.
Yes. No. Yes:
1) (pro) If your network's central nameserver is already busy the extra
caching layer helps.
2) (con) Bind can be a hungry process for resources.
D
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