Re: [squid-users] newbie needs help with downloads bypassing proxy

Looks good, except that there should not be need to patch the kernels
or Squid, and some of the minor kernel config options discussed no
longer exists as they are now dynamic..

Regards
Henrik

On Friday 28 February 2003 02.10, Jay Turner wrote:
> I found this rather old version at:
> http://www.swelltech.com/pengies/joe/squidtuneup.txt
>
> Is there a newer version available that deals with 2.5 and 2.4
> kernel?
>
> I realise that alot of the stuff mentioned in this document is
> still valid for the newer versions, just wondering if there was a
> more up to date version.
>
> Cheers
> Jay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:robertc@squid-cache.org]
> Sent: Friday, 28 February 2003 4:02 AM
> To: Schmidt, Matthew
> Cc: Squid-Users (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] newbie needs help with downloads
> bypassing proxy
>
> On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 06:41, Schmidt, Matthew wrote:
> > I'm new to squid and new to Linux.
> > Running RH-8.0 with squid-2.5.STABLE1.
> >
> > I want to know if it's possible to have certain file types bypass
> > the proxy when downloaded?
> > I've set the proxy to not cache them
> >
> > acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? .zip .exe
> > no_cache deny QUERY
> >
> > but the downloads are now painfully slow since putting in the
> > proxy. Normal web browsing is reasonable, but if I can't get the
> > dl speeds up, I'm going to be forced to abandon this project.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > THANKS!
>
> Rule of thumb: if performance sucks, you've got squid
> misconfigured. Bypassing squid isn't the issue here.
>
> I recommend following a tuning guide (say Joe Coopers excellent
> one), and of you have time polygraphing your resultant squid
> install, to be sure it can handle a sustained network load roughly
> equivalent to what your production load will be.
>
> Rob
Received on Fri Feb 28 2003 - 01:27:17 MST