Re: [squid-users] forward all requests to another proxy? (question about FAQ answer)

On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:12:49AM -0600, Duane Wessels wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Jim Mercer wrote:
> > so, to reiterate, if one uses a cache_peer statement with a hostname which
> > has multiple A records, will squid use the multiple A's in a sensible
> > fashion or just use one, or will it resolve the hostname each time?
>
> Squid cycles through all address records. Each time it connects it
> uses the next address in the list. If one of the addresses
> causes a failure (like connection refused) then Squid removes
> it from the list.

that sounds good.

does it ever put it back in the list? (ie. temporary failure?)

or do i need to do a squid -k reconfigure every once in a while?

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