[squid-users] Squid no_cache and msn's gaming zone

When users need to upgrade their files for Microsoft's zone,
the files are pulled from fdl.msn.com. One example is
   http://fdl.msn.com/zone/Z4/heartbeat.cab

Rather than trying to figure out which files are cacheable, we
simply decided not to cache anything from fdl.msn.com. We
tried each of the following without success

1) Appending fdl.msn.com to the "acl QUERY" line, followed by "no_cache deny QUERY"

2) Defining a new acl
      acl_zone urlpath_regex fdl.msn.com
      --- OR ---
      acl_zone urlpath_regex msn.com
      --- OR ---
      acl acl_zone dst fdl.msn.com
   --- AND either ---
      no_cache deny acl_zone
      --- OR ---
      always_direct allow acl_zone

Followed in each case by a squid -k parse, squid -k reconfig

Yet it continues to be cached. Example log line follows

1002476529.121 84 1.2.3.4 TCP_IMS_HIT/304 223 GET http://fdl.msn.com/zone/Z4/heartbeat.cab - NONE/- application/octet-stream

Any ideas, suggestions, obvious mistakes?

Matthew Goward
Msen Network Engineering
service@msen.com
Received on Mon Oct 08 2001 - 10:39:19 MDT