-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > After analyzing a large cache with significantly declining hit ratio > over the last months I have came to the conclusion that the removal of > cache deny QUERY can have a very negative impact on hit ratio, this due > to a number of flash video sites (youtube, google, various porno sites > etc) who include per-view unique query parameters in the URL and > responding with a cachable response. > > Because of this I suggest that we add back the cache deny rule in the > recommended config, but leave the refresh_pattern change as-is. > > People running reverse proxies or combating these cache busting sites > using store rewrites know how to change the cache rules, while many > users running general proxy servers are quite negatively impacted by > these sites if caching of query urls is allowed.
Having a single "recommended config" seems dubious: I for one never run squid as a forward proxy, for instance. We should probably split apart the default / recommended "forward" and "reverse" configurations (which are just starting points, right?) and document how to tell which one to start with. //////// Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJNAo0+gerLs4ltQ4RAnlrAJ45FgRi1WjkyikSunADePZSOwwBTgCghz+E 9fOaumxljVn99Tm257N1rUw= =Q9De -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----