[stuff about squid not working for windows update deleted.] I dont' acl limit what users can connect to. Only users on the local domain can use the proxy cache.
I use a debian squid proxy for upwards of 3000 clients. Works perfectly, saves tons of bandwidth, and speeds everything up. attached is my squid.conf file with comments/whitespace removed. Enjoy. hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? no_cache deny QUERY cache_mem 16 MB maximum_object_size 1280096 KB cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 3000 16 256 refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 refresh_pattern http://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ 0 80% 20160 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern http://office.microsoft.com/ 0 80% 20160 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ 0 80% 20160 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern http://wxpsp2.microsoft.com/ 0 80% 20160 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern http://xpsp1.microsoft.com/ 0 80% 20160 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern http://w2ksp4.microsoft.com/ 0 80% 20160 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern http://download.microsoft.com/ 0 80% 20160 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern http://download.macromedia.com/ 0 80% 20160 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern ftp://ftp.nai.com/ 0 80% 20160 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern http://ftp.software.ibm.com/ 0 80% 20160 reload-into-ims acl all src 0.0.0.0 acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl SSL_ports port 443 563 acl SSL_ports port 873 acl Safe_ports port 80 acl Safe_ports port 21 acl Safe_ports port 443 563 acl Safe_ports port 70 acl Safe_ports port 210 acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 acl Safe_ports port 280 acl Safe_ports port 488 acl Safe_ports port 591 acl Safe_ports port 777 acl Safe_ports port 631 acl Safe_ports port 873 acl Safe_ports port 901 acl purge method PURGE acl CONNECT method CONNECT acl home1 src xxx.xx.133.165-255.255.255.255 acl home2 src xx.xx.0.0/16 http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access allow purge localhost http_access deny purge http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports acl our_networks src xxx.xx.0.0/16 http_access allow our_networks http_access allow localhost http_access deny all http_reply_access allow all http_reply_access allow all icp_access allow all cache_mgr [EMAIL PROTECTED] cachemgr_passwd mousie all coredump_dir /var/spool/squid --Luke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]