Re: Variable caching times?

I am not sure its possible with squid but I can tell you another software
named wcol available from some Japan site. Its a perfect use for the Offline
browsing and specially the Setup like you. I did not remember the site but
the link is available on cachenow page and the person email address is
k-chinen@is.aist-nara.ac.jp

With Regards
Ahsan Khan
Sr. System Admin
Internet Division (OneNet)
Sun Communication Pvt. Ltd.
Pakistan
http://www.one.net.pk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Network Administrator" <foxje@spole.gov>
To: <squid-users@ircache.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 8:48 AM
Subject: Variable caching times?

> Hello.
>
> I am new to squid, and am still in the testing phases. I work at an
isolated
> research facility in Antarctica and we have limited internet access via
> satellite. What I would like to do is have whatever web pages that are
> cached from the previous pass available to my users while the satellite is
> down (I guess this would mean an expiration time of 12+ hours) and then
> shorten it to something like 5 minutes when we have connectivity.
>
> I could run a script via cron to rewrite the config file and force squid
to
> re-read it whenever we gain/lose the satellites, but I wondered if there
was
> a more elegant solution? I am running 2.3 stable 2 on Solaris 7. Thank
you.
>
> --jenny
>
> Jennifer L. Fox
> Network Administrator
> Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica
>
>
Received on Wed May 17 2000 - 16:56:45 MDT