Re: [squid-users] newbie needs help with downloads bypassing proxy

On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 06:41, Schmidt, Matthew wrote:
> I'm new to squid and new to Linux.
> Running RH-8.0 with squid-2.5.STABLE1.
>
> I want to know if it's possible to have certain file types bypass the
> proxy when downloaded?
> I've set the proxy to not cache them
>
> acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? .zip .exe
> no_cache deny QUERY
>
> but the downloads are now painfully slow since putting in the proxy.
> Normal web browsing is reasonable, but if I can't get the dl speeds
> up, I'm going to be forced to abandon this project.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> THANKS!

Rule of thumb: if performance sucks, you've got squid misconfigured.
Bypassing squid isn't the issue here.

I recommend following a tuning guide (say Joe Coopers excellent one),
and of you have time polygraphing your resultant squid install, to be
sure it can handle a sustained network load roughly equivalent to what
your production load will be.

Rob

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