[plug] Squid config

[Gavin Tweedie]

> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Subba Rao wrote:
> > 
> > > cache_peer myhost.mydomain.com     parent    3128  3130  [proxy-only]
> > > cache_peer myhost1.mydomain.com     sibling   3128  3130  [proxy-only]
> > > cache_peer myhost2.mydomain.com   sibling   3128  3130  [proxy-only]
> > > cache_peer myhost3.mydomain.com      sibling   3128  3130  [proxy-only]
> > > cache_peer myhost4.mydomain.com   sibling   3128  3130  [proxy-only]
> > 
> > Get rid of [ and ] around proxy-only and you'll be right. :)
> > 
> 
> Thanks for replying. Since I do not have caching peers I removed these
> entries from the file and squid works fine now.

Try setting your upstream providers proxy as your parent..ie:

cache_peer proxy.myisp.com	parent		3128	3130

Substituting proxy.myisp.com for its real address. Also note that *many*
isps dont use 3128 for the http port on proxy, common ports include 80,
8080, 88, 8888. the 3130 will remain the same most likely however.

> How does Squid keep track of the files being cached? How do we know if the cached files have
> changed on the original server?

Check out some of the squid documentation for all sorts of information on
this. http://squid.nlanr.net is the squid homepage.


Gavin