Re: WCCP and Squid

> Redirected http packets are GRE encapsulated and type marked as protocol
> type 0x883e - such packets processed by the linux GRE driver will be
> dropped (because of the protocol type)
> Since encapsulated packets are IP packets, let the GRE driver rewrites
> packet protocol type specification
> (patch can be found here http://www.vsb.cz/~hal01/cache/wccp/ip_gre.patch)
>
>
> /usr/src/linux/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
>

        I will add this patch to the FAQ. That solves an annoying problem
:-)

> 10. Enjoy the reliability and scalability with wccp
>
> 11. In spite of the fact that this works for fine for me, I am no
> linux/squid guru so feel free to send comments.
>
> In case you can read czech, you cand find more in
> http://www.vsb.cz/~hal01/cache/doc/wccp_cache.doc
> (In case of demands I am ready to translate it.)
>

        This information along with alternatives is already located at:

http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-17.html#ss17.10

glenn
Received on Tue Oct 19 1999 - 10:38:34 MDT