Re: [squid-users] what are the Pros and cons filtering urls using squid.conf?

On 06/11/2013 12:50 PM, Marcus Kool wrote:

>
> There is a big misunderstanding:
> in the old days when the only URL filter was squidguard, Squid had the be reloaded in order for
> squidguard to reloads its database.
> And when Squid reloads, *everything* pauses.
> _But things have changed since then_:
> - ICAP-based URL filters can reload a URL database without Squid reloading
> - ufdbGuard, which is a URL redirector just like squidGuard, can also reload a URL database without
> Squid reloading.
>
> The above implies that ICAP-based filters and ufdbGuard are a good alternatives for squidguard or
> filtering by ACLs.

...

> ufdbGuard loads the URL database in memory and is multithreaded.

OK. Ok if can handle 50000 queries per second.

So my question is... a more direct and precise question, just about ufdbGuard. While ufdbGuard
reloads its URL database, does it pauses answering queries ? If yes, how long does it takes ?

Best regards.

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