RE: [squid-users] Squid and DNS caching

 
> Hi.
>
> I'm using squid-2.5.7-1
>
> As I understand it Squid has it's own internal DNS cache, which is
> enabled by default unless you compile Squid with the
> --without-internal-dns flag.
>
> How can I see that the DNS caching is running? Is squid still
> using the
> daemon/application "dnsserver" which usually is located in
> /usr/lib/squid ? (the file is nowhere to be found)
>
> When doing a tcpdump I see a DNS request for each proxy request, which
> seems to indicate that DNS is not being cached.
> Btw. no DNS caching software is installed on the operating system
> (Linux).
>
> Are there any settings for squid.conf for the internal DNS caching? I
> wasn't able to find any.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
 
 To verify operation and content of the internal DNS cache :

 Check : cachemgr -> IP Cache Stats and Contents

 M.
Received on Fri Apr 08 2005 - 05:46:10 MDT