----- "Dieter Bloms" <sq...@bloms.de> wrote: 
> 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. 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Gruß 
> 
> Dieter 

We switched to OpenDNS in December, after years of using our own djbdns 
servers, and have not seen any issues. The server provides access to 650 campus 
users over a 1Gb link, with typically 100Req/s throughout the day. Our hope is 
that OpenDNS will reduce the time spent on ACL maintenance in squid, and allow 
us to drop some ACLs completely.

-- 
Shawn Wright 
I.T. Manager, Shawnigan Lake School 
http://www.shawnigan.ca 

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