Re: [squid-users] Squid 3.2.5 wants to use IPv6 address?

From: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt_at_charite.de>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:21:41 +0100

* Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>:

> # host www.vkontakte.ru
> www.vkontakte.ru has IPv6 address 2a00:bdc0:3:103:1:0:403:908
> www.vkontakte.ru has IPv6 address 2a00:bdc0:3:103:1:0:403:909
> www.vkontakte.ru has IPv6 address 2a00:bdc0:3:103:1:0:403:900
> www.vkontakte.ru has IPv6 address 2a00:bdc0:3:103:1:0:403:901
> www.vkontakte.ru has IPv6 address 2a00:bdc0:3:103:1:0:403:902
> www.vkontakte.ru has IPv6 address 2a00:bdc0:3:103:1:0:403:903
> www.vkontakte.ru has IPv6 address 2a00:bdc0:3:103:1:0:403:904
> www.vkontakte.ru has IPv6 address 2a00:bdc0:3:103:1:0:403:905
> www.vkontakte.ru has IPv6 address 2a00:bdc0:3:103:1:0:403:906
> www.vkontakte.ru has IPv6 address 2a00:bdc0:3:103:1:0:403:907
> www.vkontakte.ru has address 87.240.188.252
> www.vkontakte.ru has address 87.240.188.254
>
>
> Squid will do all 10 connection attemps before reaching any of the
> IPv4 addresses.

THAT explains it.
 
> You can use the dns_v4_first sort order option, or you can extend the
> number of connection attempts Squid performs with forward_max_tries.
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/forward_max_tries/
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/dns_v4_first/

I think this is a border case. The domain itself has migrated
elsewhere anyway. 

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