RE: Squid use/enhancement questions

> From: Clifton Royston [SMTP:cliftonr@lava.net]
>
> That's led me to wonder - would it work out to add code to Squid to
> store the non-transparent cached files under the numeric IP (which it
> has to look up anyway, to query the server)? This would be less
>
        It doesn't have to look them up on my installation as
        all external accesses are passed to the parent.

        Also many big sites have multiple addresses, which DNS
        will probably give out in rotation, meaning you get one
        copy cached per address.

        As a general problem with transparent proxying, you are
        likely to end up aborting a request if one IP address is
        down and that is the one you choose; squid can't repeat
        a host unreachable status at the IP level.

        Everything I've seen suggests that it is better to block port
        80 at the network boundary than to transparent proxy it. That
        way all the browser and cache mechanism work as intended. as
        the browser is forced to treat the proxy as a proxy.
Received on Thu Jul 01 1999 - 06:00:13 MDT