Re: [SQU] how to disable DNS lookups and forward all requests (including DNS lookups) to parent proxy...

I've tried using the -D param to disable dns tests but to no avail. Also, my acls are kept as the default (came distributed with Squid) and there's no reference to any dns lookups.

As you know.. a corporate firewall often does not supply you with proper DNS lookups capabilities and all in/out traffic are blocked. Users are supplied with only web access thru an intranet firewall and therefore have virtually *ZERO* contact with the outside world.

erm.. well.. I tried accessing www.yahoo.com and it returned a 'No Address Record' error indicating that my above claim was correct.. I used to work with WinNT and the web proxies they have often have no problem with access the web when I specify a parent proxy.

so.. any suggestions?.. thx!

cheers,
 Solaris

--- "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
> wrote:
>You need to do two things:
>
>a) start squid with the disable-dns-tests parameter. (do squid --help to find it). (It may even be in the config file...)
>
>b) make sure NONE of your acl rules need forward or backward DNS lookups. As to what ones do, I cannot remember of the top of my
>head... have a look in acl.c
>
>Rob
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "SparcBox Administrator" <jeff@sparcbox.cjb.net>
>To: <squid-users@ircache.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 7:01 PM
>Subject: [SQU] how to disable DNS lookups and forward all requests (including DNS lookups) to parent proxy...
>
>
>> hi there,
>>
>> I am behind a corporate firewall and the purpose of installing squid is to provide caching capabilities for me.. the firewall only
>allows WWW traffic thru its web proxy server and their DNS server only recognizes intranet domains.. (e.g. my.intranet.name).
>>
>> okay.. here is the problem.. how do I disable DNS lookups in Squid-Cache totally and have it forward all requests to the parent
>proxy server?
>>
>> Please advise ASAP.. thx in advance!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Solaris
>>
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