Re: [squid-users] Go direct if parent dies

Henrik, thanks for replying.

On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:29:38PM +0100, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> If you want Squid to go direct then you cannot use never_direct..
> See also prefer_direct.

I have tried various combinations of never_direct and always_direct. In
fact I never really understood why "always_direct allow" is not the same
as "never_direct deny". Do you have any concrete suggestions on how to
write the preference ruleset?

In human language the rules should be:
 - always try to use the parent proxy
 - only if there are no parent (because they are declared as dead)
   try a direct request to the destination web server

IMHO there are only few people who have really understood the exact way
that parent selection (or "preference") is decided by squid.

 Christoph

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