Re: ACLs - a seriously weird thing

rstagg@csc.com wrote:
>
> acl int_ip_host dst 20.20.20.20
> always_direct allow int_ip_host
>
> This fixed the problem. Then the performance started to suffer. The cache
> became intermittent, and it took me _ages_ to figure out what was going on.
>
> You'll love this: If I browsed sites ending in .com, .net, .se, .org... etc
> etc, in fact most sites, they were fine. If I browsed a site ending in .uk,
> the cache sat and thought about it for a full minute before giving me a
> couple of objects and then going back into catatonia. I removed the above
> two lines from squid.conf, and the problem vanished. I tested and retested
> this, on the grounds that it's clearly nonsense, but the fact is apparent
> that the lines above break the cache, _only_ on *.uk sites.
>
> I'm totally confused by this. Is this a bug? Have I mucked up? Does anyone
> have any ideas?

FWIW your acl line syntax isn't quite right, I believe. I don't know how
that could make the symptoms you describe though. Your cache.log didn't say
anything about running out of dnsservers, did it? Was the real name of the
internal host (and the squid too?) something that ended in .uk? Just
wondering for more info. I'm running squid-2.1P2 here so if you can confirm
that, I can try to reproduce it.

Jifl

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