RE: [SQU] access.log query!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jai Lamerton [mailto:jlamerto@scu.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, 13 November 2000 12:48 PM
> To: squid-users@ircache.net
> Subject: [SQU] access.log query!
>
>
> Hi... I have been searching throught the info online (FAQ
> mail etc) and
> don't know if I understand this correctly.
>
> The TCP_REFRESH_HIT in the access.log means that the file was
> cached but
> stale, however after an if_modified returned no change the
> file would be
> delivered from the cache. The DIRECT means that squid went and got the
> file from the original server.

Which in this case means that the If_modified request was sent DIRECTly.
DIRECT refers to the communication path, not to the action. In the
example below squid verified directly, and then served the cached copy.

Rob

>
> If this is true then does the log below mean that the cache
> had a valid
> copy of the file but squid went and got it again from microsoft.com.
> If so why?
>
> 973808227.255 4595 10.120.96.168 TCP_REFRESH_HIT/200 3984 GET
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/iesites/ie501sp1/ie5sites.dat -
> DIRECT/windowsupdate.microsoft.com application/octet-stream
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jai Lamerton.
>
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