Re: [squid-users] reply body max size: crash or not?

got it!
thank you very much, Amos!

T

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> On 30/03/2012 7:02 a.m., Tianyin Xu wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Amos,
>>
>> Thanks a lot for the response!!
>> The thing I'm still not clear is that it still works when I set the
>> limit to "1 bytes" which is obviously less than the size of any error
>> message. So, it means any small setting of this directive won't cause
>> infinite loop/crash results but only limit the response objects. Am I
>> right?
>
>
> It was fixed a while back, but there are still older versions still being
> distributed with some operating systems. For exampel, LTE releases with 5-10
> year support cycles. Being able to use 1 byte limit is a good sign that your
> Squid is not affected. The point of the documentation warning is to make you
> be careful and check when going small.
>
>
>>
>> This brings the fundamental difference to me. If it may fall into an
>> infinite loop, the admin should be really cautious and conservative.
>> Otherwise, it doesn't matter too much (at most reject sth) and can be
>> set aggressively.
>
>
> It is reasonable to retain the conservatism regardless of this bug and test
> your version before changing these limits. The effects of limiting responses
> is clearly visible to the end users, even if this bug is fixed in your
> Squid.
>
> Amos

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Tianyin XU,
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