[squid-users] Re: cache_dir size v.s. available RAM

I am not sure if I should start another thread with this - my apologies for
bumping it . . .

but in the last post I was looking to see if these 4 steps was a sensible
method of telling the proxy to only cache certain sites:

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> STEP 1/4
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> acl noproxy dstdomain .com .net .org <==== etc, etc.
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> Would that work (would that be the way to 'wildcard' those domains)?
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>
> always_direct allow noproxy
> cache deny noproxy
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> STEP 2/4:
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> Then for Each site, in particular, I want cached (like the Windows update
> sites) create rules like this:
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> cache allow windowsupdate
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> NOTE: I chose 'windowsupdate' as that is what was used for the acl rules
> on the FAQ page here >>
> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/WindowsUpdate
> <http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/WindowsUpdate>
>
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> STEP 3/4
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> , Next I was thinking that I'd have to add is acl's for
> acl windowsupdate dstdomain microsoft.com
> acl windowsupdate dstdomain windowsupdate.com
> acl windowsupdate dstdomain my.windowsupdate.website.com
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> . . . as I see that those domains are part of the refresh rules for the
> windows updates but not the acl's.
> To be on the safe side I thought that I'd add them to make sure anything
> that comes from there would be cached as per the
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> cache allow windowsupdate
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> rule.
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> I am still wondering why they WERE NOT included in the group of acl's
> listed on that page.
> Comments on that?
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> STEP 4/4
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> , Lastly, all I'd have to do is add an acl for sites that I want to be
> cached in addition to the windows updates like so:
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> acl windowsupdate dstdomain .mozilla.org
> acl windowsupdate dstdomain .adobe.com
> acl windowsupdate dstdomain .java.com
> acl windowsupdate dstdomain .nvidia.com
> etc, etc, etc,
>
> . . . Would THIS set up not cache ONLY the sites that I list, and by doing
> so ensure that all the windows updates never get overwritten by the 'Daily
> caching' of stuff I don't care about?
>
> Does that make sense?

Thanks again for any suggestions.

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