> > Have I mistaken "local servers" for , say, "intranet servers" ? > > No, but you have mistaken the context of the comment. > > The context of the comment is what Squid should do with the request once > th client has sent the request to Squid, not what clients should do with > the request. This is the context of every directive in squid.conf (Squid, > not client). > > If you do not have any cache peers then going direct is the only available > option to Squid so using this directive then does not make much of a > difference then. But say for example that you are normally using a parent > proxy at the ISP, parent company or whatever. It then makes a big > difference. > > Regards > Henrik >
Thanks for the explanation. So I'll keep this config, so that this directive won't be forgotten, in case someday we decide to adopt (or be adopted by) a parent-cache. Cheers, Andrew.
