Re: squid.conf question

Irfan Akber wrote:
>
> Is it neccessary to have ' httpd_accel_port 80 ' in squid.conf

No. 80 is the default.

> http_port 3128

3128 is also the default for http_port..

> httpd_accel_host virtual
> httpd_accel_uses_host_header on
> httpd_accel_with_proxy on

The httpd_accel lines are only needed if you run Squid as a accelerator
or transparent proxy. It is not needed if you run a plain caching proxy.

There are defaults for all squid.conf directives, so you can run a
caching proxy with a empty squid.conf if you want, but it is strongly
recommended to at least restrict access using http_access and acl
directives.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker