RE: [squid-users] squid 3 as a reverse proxy

> > Experimenting with Squid 3, I've setup an accelerating Proxy for
some
> > web servers/sites.
> >
> >> From squid.conf:
> >
> > http_port squid_ip:80 vhost
> > https_port squid_ip:443 cert=/path/to/cert/cert.crt \
> > key=/path/to/key/key.key vhost
> > ssl_unclean_shutdown on
> > sslproxy_flags DONT_VERIFY_PEER
> > redirect_rewrites_host_header off
> > redirect_program /usr/bin/jesred
> > redirect_children 10
>
> You should also define at least one cache_peer where Squid is supposed
to
> forward the request.

That does work indeed. Why is the cache_peer needed if the web servers
ips and names are present in the /etc/hosts? I do understand however the
possibilities of the cache_peer like the very handy login=PASS and
originserver options.

Regards,

tuukka
Received on Wed Jun 29 2005 - 03:38:04 MDT