On 07.08.09 15:27, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > Please read my recent thread "excessive DNS slows httpd". > The bottom line: I recently introduced SSL to part of my > web site, and it slowed considerably. Using iptables > (on a Linux system),I blocked all DNS, and speed of > response is better than ever, 8 meg photo files > notwithstanding.
It would be much better to configure apache/applications not to use DNS than to block it. Also, it highly depends on type of blocking - using DROP rules will cause apps to run even slower if any part of DNS works... -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Quantum mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
