Re: Is OpenDNS efficient for squid?

[Dieter Bloms <squid@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Sun, Feb 07, J. Webster wrote:

> Is there any problem with using opendns server as the dns_nameserver in squid?
> Is it slower than using the local hosts namersevrers?
> I have an issue with dns timeouts for 1 or 2 websites and am having to restart the dns cache (nscd) every 6 hours to flush it.
> I thought adding the nameservers to the squid.conf would bypass this issue.

you can savely disable nscd.
I had some trouble with nscd till I disabled it.
I think you don't get any performance issues.


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