On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, H Matik wrote:
if configuring with --disable-internal-dns the external dns lookup program will interact with the OS, is that right and I need to define dns_children ? This was the standard in older squid versions or am I wrong?
Correct.
So if I understood you this internal DNS resolver is better because gives better performance?
Correct.
Then it is even better I define hosts_file none in order not to lose time querying the file before dns?
Using a hosts file does not have any impact on performance. At least not unless your hosts file contains thousands of entries. The hosts file is loaded directly into the ipcache + fqdncache of Squid on startup.
Regards Henrik
