Your analysis is correct and helpful, Jenny. Can you clarify further? Are you saying that Windows machines running squid should not have local web clients, i.e., not even set its browser to use the locally-running squid?
J On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Jenny Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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
