squid and dns lookups
Tim
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Sat Jul 29 06:17:50 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 15:32 -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> We have one of our PC's set up as an internal (local network) web
> server. The PC is listed in each of the other linux machines /etc/hosts
> file with a local network ip address. When squid is turned off it is
> easy for the network PC's to access the internal web pages by putting in
> the name of the server in the address bar. When squid is turned on each
> user gets the message that it can not be found.
>
> Since the machine functioning as the apache server is inside the local
> network it is not listed in the dns servers. When squid is function the
> query fails. Is there a way to put an entry in the squid.conf file so
> that named queries can point back to the local network even though a dns
> record does not exist?
Alternate approach: Install a local DNS server, populate it with local
machine entries, use it for local and internet name resolution.
I first did this because of the same problem you mention. I haven't
looked back, it provided other benefits as well. Even on a network with
just a few PCs, messing around with hosts files can be a pain. But
having a proper DNS server means you can avoid that, and have local mail
running properly (a hosts file cannot provide MX records, for instance).
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