[squid-users] Re: Any Way To Check If Windows Updates Are Cached?

Hello again Helumt, I have been playing with the wsusoffline, & learning more about it. What I have discovered is that it only will bring a system up to a 'patched' level - critical security updates only. Important updates are not included. It is STILL a vast improvement over what I have done i

[squid-users] [SOLVED] Re: Squid3 blocking https connections that define a port in the url

Thanks Amos, added: > acl SSL_ports port 443 * > 2083 * That got it working. -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Squid3-blocking-https-connections-that-define-a-port-in-the-url-tp4661933p4662002.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list a

[squid-users] Re: Any Way To Check If Windows Updates Are Cached?

Helmut, you are the *BEST!!! * Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I am completely amazed as to how well "*WSUS Offline Update*" works. Now I can really tweak the Proxy to be . . . well, a proxy! Again, Thank You for the suggestion. -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache

[squid-users] Re: Any Way To Check If Windows Updates Are Cached?

Hi Helmut, You have my attention now! Helmut Hullen wrote > Hallo, HillTopsGM, > > Du meintest am 04.09.13: > > [wsusoffline] > >> Thanks for this tip - I know you have mentioned it before, but what I >> am trying to avoid is on an on going basis (every we

[squid-users] Re: Any Way To Check If Windows Updates Are Cached?

Hey Eliezer Croitoru-2, You mentioned: > If you have a local windows network and server you can just add WSUS > service that will build a updates store which is better for many networks. Is that an actual part of the windows server (WSUS) or is it refering to what Helmut was referring to earlie

[squid-users] Re: Any Way To Check If Windows Updates Are Cached?

Hi Helmut Hullen, Thanks for this tip - I know you have mentioned it before, but what I am trying to avoid is on an on going basis (every week) when there is an update, having all 12 computers download the same file. This is a great tool if you are always doing fresh installs - that's fine - but

[squid-users] Any Way To Check If Windows Updates Are Cached?

I have basically done everything the FAQ has said with regard to optimizing the settings for windows updates. I have done a few, and I am wondering if there is any way to check what has been cached? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Any-

[squid-users] Re: Squid3 blocking https connections that define a port in the url

I apologize, I don't think this has any thing to do with it, but the login actually starts here: https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi-bin/cplogin it will let me 'login' but and soon as the authentication takes place the system tried to redirect me to something like this: https://hostnnn.hostmonster.co

[squid-users] Squid3 blocking https connections that define a port in the url

https://hostnnn.hostmonster.com:2083/login/ the 'nnn' is a 3 digit number. What do we need to do to allow those connections? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Squid3-blocking-https-connections-that-define-a-port-in-the-url-tp4661933.

[squid-users] Re: Does Changing Cache_dir location require a "Rebuild" of the cache?

I am basically up and running. I don't necessarily want to make anyone re-read everything prior to this so I will briefly explain the setup: Squid3 running on partition 1 Files being cached on partition 5 If my server gets screwed by an update and I reload everything in partition 1, before I tur

[squid-users] Do Not Cache an https site

I am basically using most of the default settings for Squid. There is one site that I do not want to be cached at all, and it is an https site. Is there anything special that I have to do with regards to that, or can I simply do this: > Here is the url: > https://my.nocachesite.com > > acl nop

[squid-users] Re: cache allow all cache deny school ===> not working

For my reference, I *don't* need to add the > cache allow all I only needed to define which I wanted to deny once I got the acl naming error corrected. > cache deny school > cache deny school2 is all that is needed. -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.n

[squid-users] FYI: If adding ACL's watch out for giving the same name to 2 differnet acl types

As per the subject line, and my post here: Giving the SAME NAME to TWO DIFFERENT ACL TYPES will generate an error . I've added this for my reference and anyone else who

[squid-users] Re: cache allow all cache deny school ===> not working

Oh My! I can't believe I Found It : > You can't give the same name to two different types of ACL elements. It > will generate a syntax error. For those who may be looking this won't work: > acl school * > dst * > 199.216.176.253 > acl school

[squid-users] Re: cache allow all cache deny school ===> not working

This is interesting; why would *commenting out*: > acl school dstdomain .redeemer.ab.ca > acl school dstdomain .home.fc make it work? I wanted to use > .redeemer.ab.ca as both > redeemer.ab.ca > & > powerschool.redeemer.ab.ca are valid domain (and subdomains). Was I not to use 'dstdomain

[squid-users] cache allow all cache deny school ===> not working

I am not sure why squid is not liking this, and won't start. I have defined this locations as ones I do *NOT* want to be cached: > acl school dst 199.216.176.253 > acl school dst 199.216.176.9 > acl school dstdomain .redeemer.ab.ca > acl school dstdomain .home.fc and then I used these options in

[squid-users] Re: cache_dir size v.s. available RAM

If I under stand you then, just *remove* the '*always_direct allow noproxy*' and the steps I have posted should work? does the order in which these appear in the squid.conf file: cache allow windowsupdate & cache deny noproxy . . . matter? I don't believe they should as they are defined more

[squid-users] Re: cache_replacement_policy ==> Clarification Please & Thank You

I sure appreciate the time you spent on this Amos! Thanks I thought I could maximize my chance of caching what I wanted cached If This Would Work Failing that, did you have an opinion

[squid-users] Re: cache_dir size v.s. available RAM

I am not sure if I should start another thread with this - my apologies for bumping it . . . but in the last post I was looking to see if these 4 steps was a sensible method of telling the proxy to only cache certain sites: * > STEP 1/4 * > acl noproxy dstdomain .com .net .org < etc, etc.

[squid-users] Re: cache_replacement_policy ==> Clarification Please & Thank You

Amos Jeffries-2 wrote > HEAP algorithms deal with both time/age and size property of objects. Thanks again Amos! The lru explanation is simple enough. Could you elaborate as to how the 'size' of the object comes into play with regards to the use of the HEAP algorithm? -- View this message

[squid-users] cache_replacement_policy ==> Clarification Please & Thank You

I have read through the notes in the default config file notes on the topic. Here's the notes from the file: > # TAG: cache_replacement_policy > # The cache replacement policy parameter determines which > # objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed. > # > # lru

[squid-users] Re: Does Changing Cache_dir location require a "Rebuild" of the cache?

In my case, being the command to restart squid is "sudo service squid3 restart", I ran squid3 -z It looks like I had to STOP squid3 from running before it would take it. Just to be clear, even though I "SEE" the directories in the 4 cache locations I STILL should run the -z command? Is that becau

[squid-users] Re: Does Changing Cache_dir location require a "Rebuild" of the cache?

Amos Jeffries-2 wrote > You do need to run "squid -z" to build the cache structure of the other > cache_dir locations. And might as well including the moved one in that > as well to verify the directory structure is correct before trying to > run normally with it. > > Everything is automatic ex

[squid-users] Does Changing Cache_dir location require a "Rebuild" of the cache?

That is pretty much the question I have: If the Proxy has been running for a while and caching data to say: *cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid3 20480 16 256* Does Changing Cache_dir location(s) to something like this *cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid3_cache-1 5120 16 256 cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squi

[squid-users] Re: cache_dir size v.s. available RAM

>> In connection with my last post, I also had this question: >> >> Let's say that with my 4GB of RAM I decided to create a total cache >> storage >> area that was 650GB; obviously the index would be much larger than could >> be >> stored in RAM. >> >> If my primary purpose was to 'archive' my win

[squid-users] Re: cache_dir size v.s. available RAM

In connection with my last post, I also had this question: Let's say that with my 4GB of RAM I decided to create a total cache storage area that was 650GB; obviously the index would be much larger than could be stored in RAM. If my primary purpose was to 'archive' my windows updates, I'd expect t

[squid-users] Re: cache_dir size v.s. available RAM

The rule-of-thumb is 15MB *per GB of cache size*. Thanks Amos - that's the rule of thumb I was looking for. Somewhere along the way I thought I saw 10MB per GB of Cache but it was vague. I was also given a piece of advice to maybe create multiple directories of no more than 100 GB per. I am

[squid-users] Re: defined localnet to mean your local clients ???

I appreciate you helping me Amos! Thanks Again in Advance I am using Squid v3.1.2 because that is what apt-get pulled from the repository. Hopefully I'll be able to sum up my response to your last 2 posts in a way that makes sense. *The First Thing I'd like to inquire about*: you mentioned that;

[squid-users] Re: refresh_pattern >>AND<< reload-into-ims

> The problem with this is that for it to work your cache size has to be > equal to the total traffic used by you in 1 year. Any idea how much you > and all your software browse and download in the course of a year? Most > ISP situations I've seen caches are only able to store the last weeks > wor

[squid-users] Re: defined localnet to mean your local clients ???

I don't know if this helps, but this is everything that is NOT commented out in my squid.conf file. mysquid.conf It looks like this: > acl manager proto cache_object > acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1 > acl to_l

[squid-users] Re: defined localnet to mean your local clients ???

Ok, I have added this line of code > acl localnet src 192.168.1.0/24 just above where it lists all the safe ports. It appears to restart ok with these 2 lines enabled now. *http_access allow CONNECT wuCONNECT localnet http_access allow windowsupdate localnet* Now I thought I might try a test (

[squid-users] defined localnet to mean your local clients ???

In trying to configure the squid.conf file to cache windows updates as per the wiki on this page here: http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/WindowsUpdate I am having trouble getting squid to run. If I paste this code: > acl windowsupdate ds

[squid-users] Re: Forcing Windows Automatic Updates to us Proxy - Question about FAQ

Thanks Helmut. I am going to see if I can get it to work without worrying about this for now and come back to it if I need to. -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Forcing-Windows-Automatic-Updates-to-us-Proxy-Question-about-FAQ-tp4661680p4661725.

[squid-users] Re: refresh_pattern >>AND<< reload-into-ims

Thanks again Amos for the reply. I am not sure what you ment by: > This > encourages caching for the peak load period and lets later clients get > the slower MISS. What is 'MISS'? I'd like to cache the updates for at least a year. My example of 3-4 years was a bit exaggerated. Basically if I h

[squid-users] Re: cache_dir size v.s. available RAM

Thanks for the Reply Amos. As per my original post, can anyone comment on the original 2 questions? *Question 1:* If I wanted to dedicate 3 GB of the Ram to the index, would that mean that I should set my cache_dir to 3072? cache_dir ufs /usr/local/squid/var/cache 3072 16 256 *Question 2:*

[squid-users] Re: cache_dir size v.s. available RAM

That's really interesting! I'll look into it a little closer, however, I already have the hardware, and there is the potential to use the system for other program updates within the network. I thought that I'd /start/ by focusing on something like Windows Updates, with the idea that I could expan

[squid-users] refresh_pattern >>AND<< reload-into-ims

I have read what . . . reload-into-ims . . . is supposed to mean here: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/cfgman/refresh_pattern.html Basically this is all that it says: (QUOTE) reload-into-ims changes client no-

[squid-users] cache_dir size v.s. available RAM

*MY MAIN GOAL: Cache all Windows Updates* I have a little EeeBox that I want to dedicate MAINLY to Windows Updates Unless someone can give me a reason why I'd ever want to 're-download' or refresh any particular Windows Update that might already be stored in the Cache I plan to dedicate LOTS of s

[squid-users] Re: Forcing Windows Automatic Updates to us Proxy - Question about FAQ

Helmut / Amos, Thanks for the help. If I may repeat back to you in my own words (and ask a question) to make sure that I understand what it is that is being said: *Question 1:* I do not actually have to run these command lines UNLESS it appears that Windows is not using the proxy - is that correc

[squid-users] Forcing Windows Automatic Updates to us Proxy - Question about FAQ

At the end of this FAQ page: http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/WindowsUpdate they give some windows command prompt commands. Do these apply to all of the windows versions like Vista Windows 7 and now 8 as well? Or do you run them only if yo

[squid-users] Re: Cache Windows Updates ONLY

Amos Jeffries-2 wrote > On 20/08/2013 4:31 a.m., HillTopsGM wrote: >> Hi All. >> I've been doing lots of reading and I believe I am understanding the >> basic >> concept of how to use Squid. >> /I've posted the hardware that I am using at the bottom

[squid-users] Cache Windows Updates ONLY

Hi All. I've been doing lots of reading and I believe I am understanding the basic concept of how to use Squid. /I've posted the hardware that I am using at the bottom of the post/. I have about 12 windows machines running at any one time and I was hoping to start using Squid to speed up the Windo