Re: [squid-users] Persistent connect to cache_peer parent question

Russell Suter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question with regards to persistent connections to a cache peer
> parent. I have
> multiple users connecting through a custom compiled Squid.2.6.STABLE17
> (also tried
> 3.0.STABLE7) on a RedHat EL 4 box in front of a commercial web filter
> appliance. In my
> squid.conf file, I have the cache_peer as:
>
> cache_peer <IP> parent 8084 0 login=*:mxlogic no-query no-digest proxy-only
>
> What seems to happen is that a persistent connection is made to the
> appliance. This in
> and of itself isn't a problem except that all of the different users
> show up as the first user
> that made the initial connection. This really jacks up the statistics
> within the appliance.
> I can get around this with:
>
> server_persistent_connections off
>
> but that is not as efficient as the persistent connection.
> Is there any way to get one persistent connection per user to the
> cache_peer parent?
>

Not my knowledge. Persistent Connections are a link-layer artifact
between any given client (ie squid) and a server.

Amos

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Please use Squid 2.7.STABLE3 or 3.0.STABLE7