Configuration question

Hi,

I'm running a squid cache using 1.1.8 and I have access to another squid
cache running 1.1.6 who is my parent.

I'd like to setup my squid so that it works in the following way:
        1) all local misses go to parent, I mean everything including
           cgi-bin, etc.
        2) if parent is dead or not responding then go direct

Normally I would use the inside_firewall directive to force all traffic to
my parent but this causes errors if the parent can't be found.

At the moment I've got the parent cache defined in my cache_host line, I
don't have inside firewall defined and all requests are going out
direct. The log file says DIRECT or TIMEOUT_DIRECT.

Any clues?
Gavin

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