Re: [squid-users] When ipv6 dns fails

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:47:42 +1200

On 31/08/2013 6:53 a.m., Michael Graham wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-08-28 at 16:50 +1200, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>> What problem is it causing you exactly? Squid getting a SERVFAIL means
>> it goes on and uses the IPv4 addresses instead.
> It takes around 2-4 seconds to time out which can make access to the
> site very sluggish.
>
>> NP: It is worth noting that this SERVFAIL happens on *less* IPv6-enabled
>> sites overall than on IPv4-enabled ones. About 0.01% of IPv6 sites last
>> time it was measured by APNIC researchers, and things have been steadily
>> improving. Disabling access to IPv6 networks *entirely* for all your
>> customers is a bit of overkill for that type of error rate.
> I know, I'm trying to keep it enabled but people are complaining about
> access to this site and what else am I supposed to do?
>

There has been a proposal with patch submitted in the last few days that
can be used to avoid this problem on an dst-IP specific basis:
   http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3901

Amos
Received on Sat Aug 31 2013 - 03:47:53 MDT

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