Re: [squid-users] difference between 'no_cache' and 'always_direct'

On Wednesday 18 June 2003 07.04, Andrew Thomson wrote:
> i've seen the question before but haven't spotted an answer.
>
> what is the difference between no_cache and always_direct??

All and everything..

no_cache controls what may be cached by Squid

always_direct controls when Squid must go direct to the origin server
on a cache miss, or when it may use cache peers.

Regards
Henrik

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