[squid-users] Performance (RPS) on 2.7

2010-02-02 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, I'm looking for some roundabout requests/second expectations for a Squid 2.7 machine (Modern quad core, 8+GB RAM, RHEL 5.4 x64) with all caching disabled. I will not be caching any requests coming into the Squid server (no cache_dirs, etc). All of the baseline stats that I can find seem to

RE: [squid-users] Performance (RPS) on 2.7

2010-02-02 Thread Baird, Josh
-users@squid-cache.org Subject: Re: [squid-users] Performance (RPS) on 2.7 Baird, Josh wrote: Hi, I'm looking for some roundabout requests/second expectations for a Squid 2.7 machine (Modern quad core, 8+GB RAM, RHEL 5.4 x64) with all caching disabled. I will not be caching any requests coming

RE: [squid-users] Performance (RPS) on 2.7

2010-02-02 Thread Baird, Josh
FWIW, I'm talking about 20-30Mbit of traffic. Josh -Original Message- From: Amos Jeffries [mailto:squ...@treenet.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 2:16 PM To: squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject: Re: [squid-users] Performance (RPS) on 2.7 Baird, Josh wrote: Hi, I'm looking

[squid-users] Requests per sec from squidclient?

2010-03-09 Thread Baird, Josh
Does squid keep an internal counter of requests (HTTP, etc) per second? All I see from 'squidclient mgr:info' is a requests per minute counter for HTTP requests: Number of HTTP requests received: 92 Average HTTP requests per minute since start: 26.7 Thanks, Josh

[squid-users] Ignore requests from certain hosts in access_log

2010-03-12 Thread Baird, Josh
I am trying to ignore requests from two IP addresses in my access_log. These two hosts connect every second and do health checks of the proxy service and I would like to eliminate the access_log spam that they create. Here is what I am trying: acl loadbalancers src 172.26.100.136/255.255.255.255

Re: [squid-users] Ignore requests from certain hosts in access_log

2010-03-15 Thread Baird, Josh
the other traffic. It doesn't seem that log_access is X-Forwarded-For aware? Any ideas? acl loadbalancers src 10.26.100.130/255.255.255.255 acl loadbalancers src 10.26.100.131/255.255.255.255 log_access deny !loadbalancers Thanks, Josh From: Baird, Josh jba...@follett.com I am trying to ignore

RE: [squid-users] Ignore requests from certain hosts in access_log

2010-03-16 Thread Baird, Josh
hosts in access_log On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:15:49 -0500, Baird, Josh jba...@follett.com wrote: Ok, that sort of worked. I have a pair of load balancers sitting in front of my Squid proxy farm. The load balancers insert the X-Forwarded-For header into each HTTP request which allows Squid to log

RE: [squid-users] Ignore requests from certain hosts in access_log

2010-03-19 Thread Baird, Josh
Amos, Do you think that what I am trying to achieve is possible? Thanks, Josh -Original Message- From: Baird, Josh Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:25 AM To: Amos Jeffries; squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject: RE: [squid-users] Ignore requests from certain hosts in access_log Hi Amos

RE: [squid-users] Ignore requests from certain hosts in access_log

2010-03-19 Thread Baird, Josh
deny all cache_dir null /tmp # Misc Configuration negative_ttl 0 -Original Message- From: Amos Jeffries [mailto:squ...@treenet.co.nz] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 6:55 PM To: squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject: Re: [squid-users] Ignore requests from certain hosts in access_log Baird, Josh

RE: [squid-users] Ignore requests from certain hosts in access_log

2010-03-22 Thread Baird, Josh
@squid-cache.org Subject: Re: [squid-users] Ignore requests from certain hosts in access_log Baird, Josh wrote: And, you still see the non-healthcheck, normal traffic logged using the X-Forwarded-For information? Yes. Here is my entire config, maybe this will help: snip # We want to append

[squid-users] Heath Check HTTP Request to Squid

2010-03-23 Thread Baird, Josh
I need to configure a pair of load balancers in front of Squid to send periodic health HTTP requests to my Squid servers to make sure they are up and functioning properly. How should I structure this HTTP request? A GET / results in an invalid-request. What type of request can I use that will

RE: [squid-users] Heath Check HTTP Request to Squid

2010-03-23 Thread Baird, Josh
What I have done is configured the load balancers to do a GET on a bogus URL: GET http://health.check/please/ignore Then, to ignore these requests to prevent log spam: acl healthcheck dstdomain health.check log_access deny healthcheck Thanks, Josh -Original Message- From: Baird

[squid-users] HTTPS and Squid

2010-05-07 Thread Baird, Josh
Typically, all of our proxy clients connect to our Squid servers via HTTP (TCP/80). If they request a HTTPS site, Squid will CONNECT to the site and tunnel the data back to the client via HTTP. I have a scenario now where the entire stream needs to be HTTPS:

[squid-users] RE: HTTPS and Squid

2010-05-07 Thread Baird, Josh
- From: Baird, Josh Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 1:17 PM To: 'squid-users@squid-cache.org' Subject: HTTPS and Squid Typically, all of our proxy clients connect to our Squid servers via HTTP (TCP/80). If they request a HTTPS site, Squid will CONNECT to the site and tunnel the data back

RE: [squid-users] Active/Backup Squid cluster

2010-06-21 Thread Baird, Josh
Agreed. Heartbeat is likely the easiest way to achieve your active/passive desired configuration. If you want to introduce load balancing, you can take a look at LVS for Linux or a more expensive, hardware based solution like F5's BigIP. Josh -Original Message- From: Henrik

[squid-users] Redirector 302 Redirects not working for CONNECT method

2010-06-21 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, We are currently running Squid 2.6 out of the RHEL 5.5 repos. We use WebSense to filter web traffic which communicates with Squid via a redirector plugin. HTTP blocking works fine, but when users try to access a HTTPS page that is blocked, in IE7, the user gets a generic The Page Cannot Be

RE: [squid-users] Redirector 302 Redirects not working for CONNECT method

2010-06-21 Thread Baird, Josh
To: Baird, Josh Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject: Re: [squid-users] Redirector 302 Redirects not working for CONNECT method mån 2010-06-21 klockan 11:34 -0500 skrev Baird, Josh: HTTP blocking works fine, but when users try to access a HTTPS page that is blocked, in IE7, the user gets

RE: [squid-users] Redirector 302 Redirects not working for CONNECT method

2010-06-21 Thread Baird, Josh
. Is there a way to debug this and figure out what ACL I should be using with deny_info? Thanks, Josh -Original Message- From: Henrik Nordström [mailto:hen...@henriknordstrom.net] Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 1:09 PM To: Baird, Josh Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject: RE: [squid

[squid-users] Acceptable Service Times?

2010-06-28 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, I have a pair of forward proxy's (Squid 2.6STABLE 21/EL5 averaging about 500-600requests per minute currently. All caching has been disabled. Some users are reporting high latency and slow browsing. Below is a snapshot of stats from Squid. Could someone tell me if anything stands out that

[squid-users] Problem accessing site with variable in URL

2010-07-12 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, I have a Squid 2.6STABLE-21 (EL5) forward proxy that is having problems with one site: http://gw.vtrenz.net/?DPO95NI5KU It looks like Squid is dropping the text in the URL after the ?, causing the remote website to return the incorrect data: 1278944523.919 1223 172.26.103.175

Re: [squid-users] Problem accessing site with variable in URL

2010-07-13 Thread Baird, Josh
Amos, Do you have any other ideas on why this site would break using Squid? Thanks, Josh Baird, Josh wrote: Hi, I have a Squid 2.6STABLE-21 (EL5) forward proxy that is having problems with one site: http://gw.vtrenz.net/?DPO95NI5KU It looks like Squid is dropping the text in the URL

[squid-users] More Squid+Facebook problems?

2010-08-06 Thread Baird, Josh
Has anyone noticed any issues accessing Facebook this morning behind a forward Squid proxy (I am running 2.6STABLE21/EL5). It seems like the first time that I access the site, Squid is returning a Read Error - Connection Reset by Peer (104). Refreshing the page usually temporarily fixes the

[squid-users] Reverse DNS Problems and Delays

2010-11-15 Thread Baird, Josh
Should I encounter long delays when accessing a HTTP site via IP (not FQDN/friendly name/etc) that does not have a valid reverse DNS record? I am encountering an issue where it takes 25-30 seconds to access a site that does not have a valid reverse DNS record. Using Squid 2.6/EL5. Thanks, Josh

[squid-users] OT - FTP Proxy?

2010-12-10 Thread Baird, Josh
Sorry for the off-topic post, but this seems like a decent place to ask. What FTP proxy are people using these days? Is there a better alternative to Frox? Thanks, Josh

[squid-users] Performance between 2.x/3.1

2011-03-08 Thread Baird, Josh
Are there any docs that reference performance differences between 2.6/7 and 3.1? I'm running several 2.6 clusters (forward proxy) with all caching disabled doing 20-30mbps per node. The nodes are not far from idle in terms of CPU and memory. They are currently running RHEL5/x86_64. Should I

RE: [squid-users] can´t access site fna.gov.co:8081

2011-04-27 Thread Baird, Josh
You aren't allowing tunneling/CONNECT to TCP/8081. It would appear that you need to adjust your ACLs to allow this. -Original Message- From: Oscar Andrés Eraso Moncayo [mailto:oscar.er...@sisa.com.co] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 1:07 PM To: squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject:

RE: [squid-users] Can Squid Load Balancing be Dynamic/Conditional against SNMP Monitoring?

2011-08-15 Thread Baird, Josh
I would take a look at LVS or HAProxy. Josh -Original Message- From: Billie Martin [mailto:ex.wife.bil...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:34 PM To: squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject: [squid-users] Can Squid Load Balancing be Dynamic/Conditional against SNMP Monitoring? I

[squid-users] Throughput per client stats?

2012-02-29 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, What is the best tool to use to figure out heavy users behind a Squid forward proxy? I'm looking for throughput/usage data per client IP (we log using the X-Forwarded-For header, so the tool would need to use this value to report on). We are currently using RHEL5/squid-2.6.STABLE21-6.el5.

RE: [squid-users] Squid, SNMP/Zenoss and mib.txt?

2012-03-07 Thread Baird, Josh
For what it's worth, I have written a ZenPack for Squid. Contact me off list if you want a copy. Thanks, Josh -Original Message- From: Peter Gaughran [mailto:peter.gaugh...@nuim.ie] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 9:55 AM To: Amos Jeffries Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject: Re:

RE: [squid-users] RPS

2012-03-17 Thread Baird, Josh
.. and you won't find that number, because that number does not exist. It depends on a number of factors including, but not limited to: the type of traffic traversing the proxy, caching/no caching, authentication methods, architecture, Squid version, amount of traffic, traffic patterns, ACLs,

RE: [squid-users] Re: RPS

2012-03-20 Thread Baird, Josh
Good numbers. I believe that it would be very beneficial to the community if you wouldn't mind sharing the kernel tweaks and squid tweaks that you used to achieve these numbers. Thanks, Josh -Original Message- From: GarethC [mailto:gar...@garethcoffey.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20,

[squid-users] Connection Reset by Peer (104)

2012-05-04 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, Running 2.6.STABLE21-6 (RHEL5) here. I am unable to access http://www.nacuboannualmeeting.org/. The error that is thrown is: The following error was encountered: Read Error The system returned: (104) Connection reset by peer My access.log shows: 04/May/2012:08:49:03 -0500

[squid-users] NTLM Authentication Issues

2012-07-18 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, Running squid-2.6STABLE-6.el5 (RHEL5) here. Trying to configure NTLM authentication. I successfully configured krb/samba and have verified successful authentication using: $ /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --username=jbaird password: NT_STATUS_OK: Success (0x0) I can also enumerate groups and users

[squid-users] RE: NTLM Authentication Issues

2012-07-19 Thread Baird, Josh
from the proxy to the DC. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can further troubleshoot this? Thanks. -Original Message- From: Baird, Josh [mailto:jba...@follett.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:01 AM To: squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject: [squid-users] NTLM Authentication

[squid-users] Non-browser applications using NTLM+Squid?

2012-07-19 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, I'm wondering what others are doing about non-browser applications (Anti-virus software that fetches updates, instant messengers over HTTP, etc) that sit behind a Squid proxy that requires NTLM authentication? These applications, in my experience, use Windows' proxy settings to proxy

RE: [squid-users] Non-browser applications using NTLM+Squid?

2012-07-19 Thread Baird, Josh
PM, Baird, Josh wrote: Hi, I'm wondering what others are doing about non-browser applications (Anti-virus software that fetches updates, instant messengers over HTTP, etc) that sit behind a Squid proxy that requires NTLM authentication? These applications, in my experience, use Windows

RE: [squid-users] Non-browser applications using NTLM+Squid?

2012-07-23 Thread Baird, Josh
http_acccess allow requirentlmhosts requirentlm This takes care of forcing requirentlmhosts to auth, but if I have another http_access rule that allows everyone else, what keeps requirentlmhosts from getting out without auth? Thanks, Josh -Original Message- From: Baird, Josh Sent: Thursday

[squid-users] Include directive in 2.6?

2012-07-23 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, Can someone confirm if the include directive is supported in 2.6? I'm running squid-2.6.STABLE21-6.el5, and have include /etc/squid/conf.d/*.conf in my squid.conf. No errors are reported, but the configuration files do not seem to actually be included. Thanks, Josh

RE: [squid-users] Which RAID for this ?

2012-09-17 Thread Baird, Josh
I would probably do one RAID1 for the OS, and then one RAID10 for everything else... but, it really depends on how much load this particular box will be under. Josh -Original Message- From: Will I am [mailto:souleesty...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 11:41 AM To:

[squid-users] Problem accessing a site

2012-11-29 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, Our Squid 2.7 proxies are failing on a specific request: KeyValue ResponseHTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request Server squid Date Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:07:29 GMT Content-Typetext/html Content-Length2144 Expires Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:07:29 GMT X-Squid-Error

RE: [squid-users] Problem accessing a site

2012-11-29 Thread Baird, Josh
remember a compile time option in a header file to increase this limit. -Nin 11/30/12, Amos Jeffries squ...@treenet.co.nz wrote: On 30/11/2012 6:06 a.m., jeffrey j donovan wrote: On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:14 AM, Baird, Josh jba...@follett.com wrote: Hi, Our Squid 2.7 proxies are failing

RE: [squid-users] Squid3 reverse proxy ntlm authentication

2013-01-31 Thread Baird, Josh
Try again. -Original Message- From: m...@uninet.com.br [mailto:m...@uninet.com.br] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 4:54 PM To: squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject: [squid-users] Squid3 reverse proxy ntlm authentication Importance: High I need to configure the Squid3 to authenticate

[squid-users] Going into hit-only-mode for 5 minutes

2015-04-14 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, We recently started having problems where our Squid 2.6 (squid-2.6.STABLE21-6.el5) proxy servers would stop serving requests. In my cache.log, I see many of these: 2015/04/14 01:13:45| Failure Ratio at 26.15 2015/04/14 01:13:45| Going into hit-only-mode for 5 minutes... 2015/04/14

Re: [squid-users] Going into hit-only-mode for 5 minutes

2015-04-14 Thread Baird, Josh
Could anyone offer any suggestions or advice to help figure out what is causing these problems? 1) upgrade. 2) seriously, upgrade. 3) try adding via on to your squid.conf. If you start to get warnings about forwarding loops its working. Otherwise you got big problems - see (2). Could

[squid-users] Unable to increase max_filedescr

2016-06-21 Thread Baird, Josh
Hi, I'm running 2.6STABLE (yes, I know it's ancient) and I'm unable to increase max_filedescr beyond 16384. # grep max_file /etc/squid/squid.conf max_filedesc32768 # ulimit -n 32678 # squidclient -p 80 mgr:info | grep 'Maximum number' Maximum number of file descriptors: 16384 I

Re: [squid-users] Unable to increase max_filedescr

2016-06-21 Thread Baird, Josh
Of Baird, Josh Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 8:46 PM To: squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org Subject: [squid-users] Unable to increase max_filedescr Hi, I'm running 2.6STABLE (yes, I know it's ancient) and I'm unable to increase max_filedescr beyond 16384. # grep max_file /etc/squid/squid.conf