Re: once again: parent only for a specific domain

On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Duane Wessels wrote:

> 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
>
No, that does not help. If I specify no inside_firewall directive, the
parent is never asked.

> or
>
> inside_firewall !specific.domain
>
In this case squid won't go direct to the url, it always needs a parent,
but I want to use a parent only for specific domains.

> or
>
> Use squid-1.2
>
I will, when it is out of beta.

Peter
Received on Thu Aug 13 1998 - 00:50:57 MDT