RE: [squid-users] WCCP Question

So using the same router/FW for the squid system's default route is ok then,
correct? I was thinking that I would have to dual home the system but that
defeats the purpose of FW'ing.

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:hno@squid-cache.org]
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 10:45 AM
To: John Hally
Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] WCCP Question

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, John Hally wrote:

> If you set up the router or FW to use WCCP to send the http requests to a
> squid cache, does the squid cach have to be dual homed so that it won't
> forward the request back to the router as it's default route and cause a
> http cache request loop?

No. It is sufficient with an acl in the router indicating that traffic
from the cache server should not be intercepted.

Many routers do this automatically for discovered WCCP cache servers.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Mon Mar 28 2005 - 09:06:33 MST