I have put the nameservers into squid.conf. However, today I received the same error. Squid times out on the following site https://www.skyplayer.com This is the dig result: [r...@# dig skyplayer.sky.com
; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2 <<>> skyplayer.sky.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35479 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;skyplayer.sky.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: skyplayer.sky.com. 300 IN CNAME wildcard.sky.com.edgekey.net. wildcard.sky.com.edgekey.net. 21600 IN CNAME e3228.b.akamaiedge.net. e3228.b.akamaiedge.net. 20 IN A 92.123.93.52 ;; Query time: 162 msec ;; SERVER: 213.171.192.249#53(213.171.192.249) ;; WHEN: Mon Feb 8 13:57:05 2010 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 126 If dig works and nslookup gives: [r...@]# nslookup skyplayer.com Server: 213.171.192.249 Address: 213.171.192.249#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: skyplayer.com Address: 80.238.9.232 Any reasons why squid won't resolve it? ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:03:09 -0800 > From: swri...@shawnigan.ca > To: squid-users@squid-cache.org > Subject: Re: [squid-users] Is OpenDNS efficient for squid? > > ----- "Dieter Bloms" 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 _________________________________________________________________ Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
