RE: [squid-users] Bypassing Squid for local address destination

> > Have I mistaken "local servers" for , say, "intranet servers" ?
>
> No, but you have mistaken the context of the comment.
>
> The context of the comment is what Squid should do with the request once
> th client has sent the request to Squid, not what clients should do with
> the request. This is the context of every directive in squid.conf (Squid,
> not client).
>
> If you do not have any cache peers then going direct is the only available
> option to Squid so using this directive then does not make much of a
> difference then. But say for example that you are normally using a parent
> proxy at the ISP, parent company or whatever. It then makes a big
> difference.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>

Thanks for the explanation.
So I'll keep this config, so that this directive won't be forgotten, in case
someday we decide to adopt (or be adopted by) a parent-cache.

Cheers,

Andrew.
Received on Wed Oct 20 2004 - 04:17:31 MDT