If you are using squid as transparent cache, your clients would still need to do dns lookups. You would be better off with a caching only dns server unless your clients are configured to use squid as proxy server.
Venkatesh K ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cafe Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 7:09 AM Subject: [squid-users] Squid IPCache v. BIND Caching-Only DNS > Does any one know if there is any advantage to setting up a BIND > caching-only DNS server on my private network (not registered domain)? I > plan to have my squid box point to it instead of going directly to my ISP's > DNS servers. > I feel that IPCache in Squid serves the same purpose. i.e any DNS entry that > is expired in IPCache is also expired in BIND so DNS lookup will be done no > matter what. I'm looking for a better response time so I thought this would > help. Let me know if think (or know) BIND wouldn't make a difference. Thanks > in advance for your comments. > > > > >
