RE: [squid-users] Squid terminates when my network goes down

[Jenny Lee]

> Is this a bug? If the network is down, shouldn't squid just generate
> an error page, like ERR_CONNECT_FAIL, and not collapse like this? 
 
Logically, how would you expect squid to convey ERR_CONNECT_FAIL to the client 
if the network is down?
 
I can think of only one case where this might make sense -- client connects 
from localhost to a squid listening on localhost but going out on other 
interface... which would mean a very isolated case of use for a cache like 
squid.
 
Jenny