[squid-users] About log file record

Hello,
can anybody describe what does the record in access.log file
mean:
x.x.x.x urlhttp://somewhere.in.the.net TCP_MISS:ANY_PARENT
on a child cache with the record in the squid.conf file:

never_direct allow all

and both the child & parent caches in the private network.Parent
cache doesn't have any upper level caches...

that means, as i understand, ( never_direct allow all ) doesn't
allow to download pages directly, but only using parent cache
which is defined as

cache_peer y.y.y.y 3128 0 ...

if a child cache can't find requested page in the personal cache it
redirects
the request for the parent cache, if parent cache can't find the requested
page it refers directly...right???

so, why the record ANY_PARENT appears in the access.log of the child
cache???
there should be only ( theoreticaly ):

DEFAULT_PARENT ( parent cache )
NONE ( self cache )

for all requests.....

can anybody describe the functionality of such configuration...???
pls, really need help for understanding....

thanks in advance,
Oleg
Received on Fri Dec 07 2001 - 02:13:49 MST