Hi Phil -
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Phil Freed wrote:
> Hugh Irvine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recently suggested:
>
> > It might be simpler to set up your Client clauses with DNS names, then use
> > Client-Id in your accounting records.
> >
> > # Configure Client clause with DNS name, something like this:
> >
> > <Client NAS.city.indo.net.id>
> > ....
> > </Client>
>
> I've often considered doing this, but I'm not sure that I like the
> idea of performing a DNS lookup on each packet. Does Radiator cache
> DNS info?
>
Not exactly. The Clients that are listed in the configuration file are
instantiated at run time, and the lookups are done then.
> If so, does it
> 1) Do any lookups when reading the config file?
Yes.
> 2) Time out DNS caches as appropriate?
No.
> 3) Flush DNS caches on a kill -HUP?
>
Yes - see above, the existing Clients are purged, the configuration file is
re-read and the Clients are re-instantiated.
hth
Hugh
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