Re: What is IP cache

Irfan Akber wrote:

> I think I understood IP cache in squid but I dont. What are IP
> cache entries. If these are the entries for every address it
> fetches then how come I have about 200 entries for a 3GB cache.

ipcache caches DNS lookups where Squid looks up the IP address of a
host. Entries are only cached for a limited period of time configurable
from squid.conf (positive_dns_ttl).

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker