> > When a browser is configured to use a proxy it *never* performs DNS for > traffic sent there. The proxy does it all instead. When a browser is not > aware of the proxy (NAT interception) it performs its own DNS which gets > discarded again as the packets enter the proxy. oo..i see. squid will do the dns lookup for the browser. > > DNS inside Squid follows required specifications. Yes it caches DNS, for > the times required by individual IPs and domains. If you don't understand > any of it *don't touch*. Preventing caching of these will result in your > users spending very large amounts of time waiting for pages to arrive. Is it able to set squid to always ask for new dns? i means that, the dns in squid become old/stale and squid perform new dns lookup for fresh dns when new request come from browser. in my mind, i think that i can play with the ttl.? thanks
