Re: [squid-users] Re: Cache Windows Updates ONLY

On 11/04/2014 12:28 a.m., Nick Hill wrote:
> I found the discussion on the web post. On Nabble, which I presume
> will not feed back to this list. I located the discussion forum from
> the web site, have subscribed, and hope the message will be useful. A
> web interface to this mailing list could be very useful to capture
> important information from those users who seldom have something to
> add.
>
> I use a similar configuration on my Squid to the one used by HilltopsGM.
>
> Microsoft have recently released an update 4Gb in size for Windows 8,
> with range request downloads. This will likely cause Squid to use
> excessive bandwidth. My cache was slaughtering bandwidth until I made
> some changes.
>
> it appears Microsoft now use psf files, which appear to cache OK.
>
> #Note: include psf files
> refresh_pattern -i
> microsoft.com/.*\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|asf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip|psf) 4320 80%
> 43200 reload-into-ims
> refresh_pattern -i
> windowsupdate.com/.*\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|asf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip|psf) 4320
> 80% 43200 reload-into-ims
>
> #Having already defined the windowsupdate ACL,
> range_offset_limit -1 windowsupdate
> quick_abort_min -1 KB windowsupdate
> maximum_object_size 5000000 KB windowsupdate
>

Thank you for the details. I have updated the wiki patterns and notes:
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/WindowsUpdate

Amos
Received on Fri Apr 11 2014 - 04:17:46 MDT