RE: [SQU] cache_peer question

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Bolzan [mailto:Adrian.Bolzan@aot.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 1:51 PM
> To: squid-users@ircache.net
> Subject: [SQU] cache_peer question
>
>
> hello,
>
> We have squid2.3 locally and connect to one parent cache at our ISP.
> I would like to get as many hits as possible from my parent
> cache if my local squid
> proxy does not have the requesteed page.
>
> I am not as concerned by response times, just hits in the
> parent cache as ISP
> charges less if the page comes from their cache.
>
> Which of these tqo settings (below) will do that?
> and when we only have obe parent cache is there any
> end-difference between them ?
>
> 'cache_peer proxy.cache.telstra.net parent 3128 3130'

I don't believe telstra allow ICP to their caches from all and sundry...
so this won't work well.

>
> and
>
> 'cache_peer proxy.cache.telstra.net parent 3128 0 no-query'
> 'prefer_direct off'
>

This is good. However dynamic content (url's with ? , cgi-bin etc will
go direct).

You probably want
never_direct allow all instead of prefer_direct off.

Rob

> Thanks,
>
> adrian
>
>
>
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