RE: [squid-users] newbie needs help with downloads bypassing proxy

I found this rather old version at:
http://www.swelltech.com/pengies/joe/squidtuneup.txt

Is there a newer version available that deals with 2.5 and 2.4 kernel?

I realise that alot of the stuff mentioned in this document is still valid
for the newer versions, just wondering if there was a more up to date
version.

Cheers
Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Collins [mailto:robertc@squid-cache.org]
Sent: Friday, 28 February 2003 4:02 AM
To: Schmidt, Matthew
Cc: Squid-Users (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [squid-users] newbie needs help with downloads bypassing
proxy

On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 06:41, Schmidt, Matthew wrote:
> I'm new to squid and new to Linux.
> Running RH-8.0 with squid-2.5.STABLE1.
>
> I want to know if it's possible to have certain file types bypass the
> proxy when downloaded?
> I've set the proxy to not cache them
>
> acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? .zip .exe
> no_cache deny QUERY
>
> but the downloads are now painfully slow since putting in the proxy.
> Normal web browsing is reasonable, but if I can't get the dl speeds
> up, I'm going to be forced to abandon this project.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> THANKS!

Rule of thumb: if performance sucks, you've got squid misconfigured.
Bypassing squid isn't the issue here.

I recommend following a tuning guide (say Joe Coopers excellent one),
and of you have time polygraphing your resultant squid install, to be
sure it can handle a sustained network load roughly equivalent to what
your production load will be.

Rob

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