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I've configured my browser(firefox) to use proxy ,but I find that it's still looking up the dns when I visit http://domain.name, why is that still necessary?
why still dns lookup when using proxy?
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Even when connecting via a proxy your browser needs to get the IP address for the web site domain. Generally it will directly query the DNS servers. If you are using a Socks 5 proxy, you can have the DNS queries go through your proxy. There is a check box for that in the Proxies option panel in Firefox.
Musaul
Posted 2011-04-19T09:40:09.203
Reputation: 121
Why does the browser need to know the IP address for the web site domain when it's using proxy?I don't think it's necessary at all... – None – 2011-04-19T09:53:58.133
As explained: DNS queries are not performed by the proxy. If you want DNS queries to be performed by the proxy, then you have to use a proxy protocol that tells the proxy to do that, eg. SOCKS 5. – Rushyo – 2011-04-19T12:14:32.680
1More generally what people think is necessary, in the context of browser internals, is very rarely correct. – Rushyo – 2011-04-19T12:15:27.763
@Rushyo: HTTP proxy servers always perform DNS queries (confirmed by watching raw traffic), as do SOCKS 4a and optionally SOCKS 5 proxies. It's only SOCKS 4 that requires the browser to do it. – user1686 – 2011-04-19T14:16:04.603
Ok let me put it another way: It's based on the implementation - shorthand for what I wrote. – Rushyo – 2011-04-19T15:20:55.653
HTTP or SOCKS proxy? – user1686 – 2011-04-19T14:14:56.477