Re: fetching cgi from parent

Yeah I'm running 1.1.20 at the moment.

Thanks

Wayne

At 06:54 PM 3/5/98 +1000, Dancer wrote:
>I'll have to make one up relative to some standard version of squid.
Mine's been
>brutalised a little at various points. relative to 1.1.20?
>
>D
>
>
>Wayne Salamonsen wrote:
>
>> Sounds like something I would be keen to look at. Can you point me to the
>> patch or mail it across.
>>
>> thanks
>> Wayne
>>
>> At 06:39 PM 3/5/98 +1000, Dancer wrote:
>> >I have a patch that causes squid to go direct if (and only if) no
parents are
>> >currently available. Nobody really showed any interest in it though.
>> >
>> >D
>> >
>> >
>> >Wayne Salamonsen wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all,
>> >> in the midst of configuring a cache (v1.1.20). This cache needs
>> to fetch
>> >> the bulk of its traffic via a parent (including cgi scripts). There is a
>> >> list of subsites however that it can go direct for. However, even for
these
>> >> sites we would prefer to use a parent and only fetch directly if the
parent
>> >> is down for some reason.
>> >>
>> >> This introduces a few issues. I have the functionality working
>> by setting
>> >> the inside_firewall option to none. This forces all requests to go
via the
>> >> parent. For my subset of caches that can go direct, I can use the
>> >> inside_firewall option to allow them. This however has the unfortunate
>> >> aspect that those sites which it CAN go direct for, it will ALWAYS go
>> >> direct. I would prefer it to still use the parent cache if possible.
>> >>
>> >> If I do not use the inside_firewall option, the desired
>> functionality
>> >> exists, except I cannot find a way to turn off the default behaviour of
>> >> going direct for cgi scripts and those containing ? (the
hierarchy_stoplist
>> >> option).
>> >> Is there a way to switch off this default behaviour? If there is, I
would
>> >> prefer that solution to the inside_firewall option. If not, I will
have to
>> >> make do with inside_firewall and put up with the small negative aspects.
>> >>
>> >> Comments appreciated...
>> >>
>> >> Wayne
>> >>
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>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Did you read the documentation AND the FAQ?
>> >If not, I'll probably still answer your question, but my patience will
>> >be limited, and you take the risk of sarcasm and ridicule.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> Wayne Salamonsen
>> R&D Engineer
>>
>> Internet Research & Development Unit Email: wayne@irdu.nus.sg
>> National University of Singapore URL: http://irdu.nus.sg
>> Computer Centre Ph: +65 771 5238
>> 10 Kent Ridge Crescent Fax: +65 872 6205
>> Singapore
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>
>
>
>--
>Did you read the documentation AND the FAQ?
>If not, I'll probably still answer your question, but my patience will
>be limited, and you take the risk of sarcasm and ridicule.
>
>
>
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Received on Thu Mar 05 1998 - 01:18:36 MST