Re: dnsservers

How well does 2.3 handle the DNS load? With 2.2.STABLE5, I had to run 7
dnsserver processes to keep up with the load (approx 150 req/sec). Will
the internal DNS lookup code be able to handle this, or will I have to
go back to using the dnsserver processes.

Thanks,
Jason

Duane Wessels wrote:
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Relly M. Mallari wrote:
>
> > Does anybody know what is wrong with my configuration if I uncomment
> > the line in squid.conf to enable external dnsserver processes and issued
> > the command "squid -k reconfigure" but an error is returned that says,
> >
> > 2000/07/26 11:44:11| parseConfigFile: line 612 unrecognized: 'cache_dns_program
> > /usr/local/squid/bin/dnsserver'
> > 2000/07/26 11:44:11| parseConfigFile: line 622 unrecognized: 'dns_children 10'
> >
>
> 11.39. unrecognized: 'cache_dns_program /usr/local/squid/bin/dnsserver'
>
> As of Squid 2.3, the default is to use internal DNS lookup code. The
> cache_dns_program and dns_children options are not known squid.conf
> directives in this case. Simply comment out these two options.
>
> If you want to use external DNS lookups, with the dnsserver program,
> then add this to your configure command:
>
> --disable-internal-dns
Received on Wed Jul 26 2000 - 08:31:09 MDT