Re: [squid-users] Caching of responses for a small group of clients not using the cache themselves

� Erik � wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have the following situation:
> Although I want all clients' responses to be cached (if applicable),
> the cache should not be used to handle the requests of a small group
> of clients.
>
> Group A: Few users whom should "not use" the cache.
> Group B: Majority of users whom should use the cache.
>
> Note that I would like to cache the responses for clients in Group A,
> so any clients in Group B may access these objects (originally
> requested by any client regardless of belonging to group A or B)
> directly from cache. Hence clients in group B have access to the
> entire cache, whilst no clients in group A should ever "access" the
> cache (but nevertheless contribute to filling it).
>
> This may possibly be regarded as a "silent cache miss" for all clients
> in Group A, i.e. never a cache hit, resulting in a forwarded request
> to the origin server and caching of the response.
>
> For group B, all use of the cache is normal (i.e. use cache for
> requests and responses).
>
> The distinction between group A and B may be done in several ways
> (e.g. src, myip, myport etc).
> Is this possible and if so, how should this be configured?
>
> Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated!
> Thnx!
>
> Best regards
> Bjorn Erik
>
You might look into the http_reply_access directive. I imagine that
would let the clients make the request, but could be utilized to prevent
them from receiving the response.

Chris
Received on Tue May 23 2006 - 11:11:06 MDT