Re: [squid-users] forward all requests to another proxy? (question about FAQ answer)

On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Jim Mercer wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:12:49AM -0600, Duane Wessels wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Jim Mercer wrote:
> > > so, to reiterate, if one uses a cache_peer statement with a hostname which
> > > has multiple A records, will squid use the multiple A's in a sensible
> > > fashion or just use one, or will it resolve the hostname each time?
> >
> > Squid cycles through all address records. Each time it connects it
> > uses the next address in the list. If one of the addresses
> > causes a failure (like connection refused) then Squid removes
> > it from the list.
>
> that sounds good.
>
> does it ever put it back in the list? (ie. temporary failure?)
>
> or do i need to do a squid -k reconfigure every once in a while?

When the IP cache entries expire, or when all addresses are marked invalid,
Squid performs another lookup.
Received on Mon Jun 18 2001 - 09:20:52 MDT