Re: no proxy for

On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Mervyn Jack wrote:
>I too have been wondering about this.
>
>I've noticed that even though I have local domain cnl.com.au , squid still
>get's the requested file and caches it. Squid doesn't actually tell the
>browser to go get the file directly, which is what is really needed to
>save processor and disk usage.
>
>I can see circumstances where you'd want it to work the way it does, like
>have a remote cache on your own network, so an extra directive is what's
>needed.

You can specify to squid that it doesn't cache for certain domains but it
will still proxy for them - this is a browser issue. It is up to people
to set their "no proxy" in their browser. Of course, you could deny local
access by ACLs and have some deny-info telling them how to set "no proxy".

David.
Received on Thu Jun 12 1997 - 22:24:30 MDT