[squid-users] RE: *** lengthy explanation *** [squid-users] Comments in ACL files...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Kenna [mailto:andrewk@stamina.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 11:00 PM
> To: 'pablo@purecarbon.com'
> Cc: 'squid-users@squid-cache.org'
> Subject: RE: [squid-users] Comments in ACL files...
>
>
> What is your dns problem with squid ? I can give it a go
> trying to help you

I would very much appreciate it. Another gentleman is trying to help
me but I think I'm failing to communicate properly.

I have the following setup:

        [satellite modem] <-> [win2k] <-> [ linux fw ] <-> [windows clients ]

The [satellite modem] and [win2k] machine are not relevant but I
simply listed them for completion. :)

[linux fw]
   * squid
   * DNS cache-only server

I have defined a bogus CNAME entry in my cache server for a test site:
qa-one.foobar.com

From the linux box, I can 'ping qa-one.foobar.com' and I get the
correct IP address. From the (cruddy) windows machines, I can also
'ping qa-one.foobar.com' and I get the correct IP address.

When I go to http://qa-one.foobar.com on my web browser (on the
windows machine), I get the following error from SQUID:

        The following error was encountered:

                Unable to determine IP address from host name for qa-one.foobar.com

        The dnsserver returned:

                Name Error: The domain name does not exist.

        This means that:

                The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
                 Check if the address is correct.

I have tried, per the other gentleman's suggestion, to create an
/etc/hosts entry on [linux fw] but this wasn't successful.

Also, when I do an 'nslookup qa-one.foobar.com' I get the following --
which I think is a clue:

        Server: master.divideview.com
        Address: 192.168.1.1

        Non-authoritative answer:
        Name: <<CNAME value as I entered in my cache-only server>>
        Address: <<actual IP address of the CNAME>>
        Aliases: qa-one.foobar.com.mydomain.com

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - I think this is what screws things up.

It's important for me to use 'qa-one.foobar.com' because the apache
server on the other end expects that rather than,
qa-one.foobar.com.mydomain.com (which the other gentleman rightly
pointed out does work).

In a nutshell, I'd like SQUID to understand 'qa-one.foobar.com' and
not pay attention to 'qa-one.foobar.com.mydomain.com'

Thx a lot for any help and I apologize for the length of this message.
:)

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Pablo Sanchez         mailto:pablo@purecarbon.com
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