Re: [squid-users] preferred DNS config

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:21:33 +1300 (NZDT)

> What would you say is preferable - having squid hit a local instance of
> BIND (or djbdns) or pointing it at the closest upstream name server(s)?
>

It doesn't really matter per-se. Squid performs full TTL caching of DNS
results same a DNS server would. The real issue is lag time between Squid
and its' supplier of DNS info. If you have a local recursive server, its
usually giving less lag than an upstream one would.

Amos
Received on Tue Dec 16 2008 - 01:21:36 MST

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