Re: once again: parent only for a specific domain

Peter Reif writes:

>I want to use a parent proxy for a specific domain. For this purpose I
>added the following lines to squid.conf (squid 1.1.20):
>
>cache_host parent.my.domain parent 1082 0 proxy-only no-query default
>cache_host_domain parent.my.domain .specific.domain
>
>But the parent is never asked. It is only contacted if I specify an
>inside_firewall directive, but then the requests for other domains fail.
>
>My questions:
>
>- Are the cache_host and cache_host_domain directives ignored if I don't
> specify inside_firewall?

No.

But going direct has higher precedence than neighbors which don't support ICP.

>- Is there another solution for my configuration except using another
> proxy as parent for all domains except .specific.domain?

Yes.

        single_parent_bypass on

or

        inside_firewall !specific.domain

or

        Use squid-1.2

>Thanks

Welcome.

Duane W.
Received on Wed Aug 12 1998 - 00:53:31 MDT