Re: Transferred file size limit

On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Alex Rousskov wrote:

> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:42:52 -0700 (MST)
> From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@nlanr.net>
> To: Khuanchai Supparatpinyo <khuanc@suandok01.medicine.cmu.ac.th>
> Cc: squid-users@nlanr.net
> Subject: Re: Transferred file size limit
> Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 09:47:50 -0800 (PST)
> Resent-From: squid-users@nlanr.net
>
> On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Ricardo Patara wrote:
>
> > Khuanchai Supparatpinyo wrote:
> > > I'm using Squid 1.12 on a Linux Redhat 4.2 system.
> > > Is there any way to limit the size of file that is requested by ftp:// or
> > > http://?
> >
> > Yes, in the file squid.conf there is a line where you can limit the size
> > of file cached:
> > # TAG: maximum_object_size
>
> Note that you cannot limit the "size of file that is requested" though. That
> is, Squid will request and forward even a 2GB file to a client if client asks
> for it. "maximum_object_size" limits the size of a cached file. There is no
> option to limit the network _transfer_ size.
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Received on Tue Mar 17 1998 - 23:21:09 MST