Re: [squid-users] Specify proxy as name or IP address?

Steve Snyder wrote:
> [Sorry for the non-Squid-specific question, but I figure you guys will
> know the answer to this.]

Well.. your question is defenitely in line of squid-users I would say.

> When specifying a proxy for Internet Explorer on a Win98 system, is it
> better to provide the full name of the machine running the proxy, or its
> IP address?

Depends on your taste. Keep in mind that what is configured is shown to the
user at some occations:

  1. In the login box if you are using proxy authenticatin
  2. Sometimes in the status bar

> I'm wondering if a full name would have to be resolved on each URL fetched
> by the browser, where an IP address could just be contacted without name
> resolution.

Browsers generally resolve the proxy address once only.. but if unsure make
sure your DNS server returns a viable TTL value (not too short).
Received on Wed Jun 12 2002 - 11:55:44 MDT