Adding to it, internel DNS means, squid uses its own lookup functionality for Domain names, and well if you are not using it ...its your choice. I have my own personal expreince that proxy+DNS server works fine. --- Elsen Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > HI Experts, > > > > I am running Squid 2.5 STABLE 6 over Linux > Enterprise 3 on IBM 345 > > Series Server having 1 GM ram. > > > > Should I use internal DNS of squid for squid and > my Internet Users? Or > > DNS should be on separate machine, I guess with 1 > GB ram, it > > won't be a > > problem to use internal one, Squid handles about > 50 requests / sec in > > peak times. > > 'Internal DNS' refers to whether SQUID uses an > external process > for performing DNS lookups or not. > Hence , in that context speaking of DNS on a > separate machine is meaningless > since SQUID needs to do DNS lookups in order to be > able to 'work'. > > DNS servers used however, are (indeed) specified in > /etc/resolv.conf. > > In normal circumstances, using internal DNS (the > default) will be work > just fine. > > M. > ===== Regards, Mohsin Khan CCNA ( Cisco Certified Network Associate 2.0 ) http://pk.aaghaz.net >>>Happy is the one who can smile<<< __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
