Re: [squid-users] HOWTO accelerate WindowsUpdate

* On 01/07/06 11:55 +0800, John Mok wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I am using squid-2.5.STABLE12 on FC3 Linux and would like to reduce the
| Internet traffic and accelerate for windowsupdate. I found that there
| were many TCP_MISS for windowsupdate (as shown below) although I set a
| large value for maximum object size (e.g. 600MB) and I was sure that a
| previous user had got the update before.
|
| 1151634455.935 9740 10.144.11.88 TCP_MISS/200
| 833603 GET
| http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/CabPool/q329414_mdacall_x86_6455F9E15D1FD876A354AC196BCE848B4EA39180.exe?
| - DIRECT/69.28.145.34 application/octet-stream
| 1151634456.756 761 10.144.11.88 TCP_MISS/200
| 337 GET
| http://v3stats.windowsupdate.com/wutrack.bin? -
| DIRECT/207.46.197.117 application/octet-stream
| 1151634456.965 208 10.144.11.88 TCP_MISS/200
| 714 GET
| http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/CRCCif/6271_08A08E5B8A56FDC63B1EA85C7D30754FC5857DF3.cif?
| - DIRECT/207.46.18.94 application/octet-stream
|
| Is there any way to cache the winodwsupdate?

IMHO, if you have a Windows farm, it would be a big advantage to run
your own local Windows Update Services Server (or whatever M$ calls
it these days).
Then all your Windows PCs will update from it, thereby reducing the
Internet traffic. It's free from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/downloads/WSUS.mspx

-Wash

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