Hi Steven
> Could somone explain why the need for two ports which look like they do the
> same thing.
htcp and icp are different. The 'ICP' in the second description should
be changed to 'HTCP'. HyperTextCacheProtocol (also known as HoTCraP)
Have a look at
internet-drafts/draft-vixie-icp-htcp-01.txt
for more information.
> # TAG: icp_port
> # The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP requests to
> # and from neighbor caches. Default is 3130. To disable use
> # "0". May be overridden with -u on the command line.
> #
> #icp_port 3130
>
> # TAG: htcp_port
> # The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP requests to
> # and from neighbor caches. Default is 4827. To disable use
> # "0".
> #
> #htcp_port 4827
