Re: AW: [squid-users] Windows update hangs

Still runs terrible slow!

It is almost impossible to use windows update...
This aint good!

> Try to use https://update... Instead of http.. That works for us...
>
> But youre right, there is an problem with squid and windowsupdate. If i
> set proxy settings to automatically (dns or dhcp delivers the wpad
> settings) than windowsupdate failes.
>
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Lasse Mørk [mailto:debian@cyrix.dk]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. August 2005 15:22
> An: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Cc: Aaron McDonnell
> Betreff: Re: [squid-users] Windows update hangs
>
>
> Hi Aaron
> The squid is not running as a transperent proxy, and we have manually set
> the proxy settings in I-Explore.
>
> It works though, but takes 30min - 1hour or so to connect. And forever to
> download the updates. :(
>
>
>> Hi Lasse
>>
>> It could be related to the problem I'm having, depending on how your
>> proxy it set up. I'm trying to build a box to manage the Quarantine
>> network in our environment and the Windows Update site hangs/fails for
>> me as well.
>> The
>> problem in my case is that Squid is a transparent proxy, and when you
>> click on either the "Custom" or "Express" options, it briefly requires
>> an SSL connection to download.windowsupdate.com - since Squid doesn't
>> seem to have a way to do that in transparent mode, it fails.
>>
>> If I set IE to use Squid as a proxy directly, it'll work. Have you
>> tried setting the proxy settings directly in IE yet?
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>> Lasse Mørk wrote:
>>> Is there anyway to get around this issue?
>>>
>>> It just stalls now where it looks for latest updates.
>>> Maybe without caching the windows update files?
>>>
>>> I am getting kinda desperate!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hmm.. Dosn't seem to help :(
>>>>
>>>>It still lacks and run terrible slow.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On 8/11/05, Lasse Mørk <debian@cyrix.dk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hey all
>>>>>>
>>>>>>squid 2.5.9-10 running debian.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone knows what to do, when windows update hangs ?
>>>>>>Sometime it just stalls, but now and then it works, although it is
>>>>>>got damn slow :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Including that, it prompts for user and passwords just before it
>>>>>>checks for updates, I belive it is?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any solution to this? The best thing would be if it was possible to
>>>>>>cache the updates, but it worst case I might have to remove the
>>>>>>windows update site, from the proxy list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html#ss11.54
>>>>>
>>>>> M.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Aaron McDonnell
>> Network Administrator
>> Network Operations Centre
>> University of Western Ontario
>> Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 86558
>>
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Received on Fri Aug 12 2005 - 04:16:09 MDT