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

On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:20:51AM -0600, Duane Wessels wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > 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.

perfect.

thanx.

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