On Sat, Oct 13, 2007, devzero@xxxxxx wrote: > > You can compile with --disable-internal-dns. That builds a fast external > > helper that calls gethostbyname() for squid and passes the results back > > without blocking other requests. > > fantastic ! i recompiled with that option and afterwards the open port is gone automatically > without touching the .conf and now being "replaced" by 5 dnshelper processes. i assume this > won`t probably perform as good as before, but that doesn`t matter for me. Just a few notes: * its slow compared to internal dns; * it may use your nsswitch config if you've got a hosts database in something other than DNS (people used to stick em in NIS, for example, which I believe is the kind of thing the dnshelper stuff is still around for;) * what again was the reason you absolutely, positively have to use the external helper? * finally, a DNS resolver like bind will cache just as well as using something like nscd with local get*host*() type calls. adrian -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level bandwidth-capped VPSes available in WA -
