> Close. Squid contains an internal DNS client that knows all about how to
> query and _read_ DNS protocol and does cache it according to DNS standards.
> But does not relay any of its info to external programs.
>
Sure. But I think the question was specifically whether squid can proxy
DNS requests which it cannot do.
> If we are to take a giant leap and assume he meant Squid caching IPs,
> identifying dead HTTP servers and routing around them to the working ones.
> Squid does do that.
>
Hmm. Could the original poster enlighten us? I clearly understood
"proxying DNS requests" not "proxing HTTP requests and round-robin them"
but this may be a misconception.
Regards,
jc
Received on Mon Aug 24 2009 - 23:19:15 MDT
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