Re: Squid with NT

Miguel Bazzano wrote:

> While is true that MSPROXY 2.0 doesn't do ICP, SQUID can do CARP (which is
> the MSPROXY Cache Array Protocol), you will need to recompile SQUID with
> the --enable-CARP option when running the configure script. This has helped
> us in setting SQUID boxes as both PARENT and child of MSPROXY boxes.

Not entirely true. Squid has a CARP mode, but that is for building CARP
like proxy arrays using Squid. It is only a partial CARP implementation
(no manager, nor carp client for parent peerings, nor generation of the
CARP distribution table) and does not work well together with MS PROXY
(which includes a manager). Actually the only thing implemented is the
HASH distribution formula for routing requests to the correct member of
an array, based on fixed (in squid.conf) load factors for each member.

Can you please explain how Squids CARP implementation helped you in
peerings with Microsoft Proxy server?

The normal way to configure a MS proxy as a parent to a Squid is to
configure it as a non-ICP parent.

cache_peer msproxy.example.com parent 8080 0 no-query
prefer_direct off
or if you are inside a firewall
never_direct allow all

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker