Re: AW: [squid-users] Windows update hangs

Hi All

The unusual thing for me in this case is that using the proxy when
hard-coded into IE, Windows Update seems to work fine. I don't have any
unusual delays with it. It seems a lot of people are having varied
experiences with the new v6 update pages.

One thing I'm looking into now is using IPtables and NAT to possibly let
clients connect on 443 via a NAT'd connection and otherwise go through Squid
for everything else - basically a work around that would let Squid remain
transparent. Not sure if this will work though.

Could any one else share some workarounds for this, if you have any?

Aaron

Axel.Mueller@t-systems.com wrote:
> Try to use https://update... Instead of http.. That works for us...
>
> But youre right, there is an problem with squid and windowsupdate. If i set proxy settings to automatically (dns or dhcp delivers the wpad settings) than windowsupdate failes.
>
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Lasse Mørk [mailto:debian@cyrix.dk]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. August 2005 15:22
> An: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Cc: Aaron McDonnell
> Betreff: Re: [squid-users] Windows update hangs
>
>
> Hi Aaron
> The squid is not running as a transperent proxy, and we have manually set the proxy settings in I-Explore.
>
> It works though, but takes 30min - 1hour or so to connect. And forever to download the updates. :(
>
>
>
>>Hi Lasse
>>
>>It could be related to the problem I'm having, depending on how your
>>proxy it set up. I'm trying to build a box to manage the Quarantine
>>network in our environment and the Windows Update site hangs/fails for me as well.
>>The
>>problem in my case is that Squid is a transparent proxy, and when you
>>click on either the "Custom" or "Express" options, it briefly requires
>>an SSL connection to download.windowsupdate.com - since Squid doesn't
>>seem to have a way to do that in transparent mode, it fails.
>>
>>If I set IE to use Squid as a proxy directly, it'll work. Have you
>>tried setting the proxy settings directly in IE yet?
>>
>>Aaron
>>
>>Lasse Mørk wrote:
>>
>>>Is there anyway to get around this issue?
>>>
>>>It just stalls now where it looks for latest updates.
>>>Maybe without caching the windows update files?
>>>
>>>I am getting kinda desperate!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hmm.. Dosn't seem to help :(
>>>>
>>>>It still lacks and run terrible slow.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On 8/11/05, Lasse Mørk <debian@cyrix.dk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hey all
>>>>>>
>>>>>>squid 2.5.9-10 running debian.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone knows what to do, when windows update hangs ?
>>>>>>Sometime it just stalls, but now and then it works, although it is
>>>>>>got damn slow :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Including that, it prompts for user and passwords just before it
>>>>>>checks for updates, I belive it is?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any solution to this? The best thing would be if it was possible to
>>>>>>cache the updates, but it worst case I might have to remove the
>>>>>>windows update site, from the proxy list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html#ss11.54
>>>>>
>>>>> M.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>--
>>
>>Aaron McDonnell
>>Network Administrator
>>Network Operations Centre
>>University of Western Ontario
>>Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 86558
>>
>
>

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Aaron McDonnell
Network Administrator
Network Operations Centre
University of Western Ontario
Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 86558