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You're reading from Squid Proxy Server 3.1: Beginner's Guide Reduce bandwidth use and deliver your most frequently requested web pages more quickly with Squid Proxy Server. This guide will introduce you to the fundamentals of the caching system and help you get the most from Squid.

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2011

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849513906

Length 332 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Squid Proxy

Concepts

Servers

Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Squid Proxy Server 3.1 Beginner's Guide

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

1. Getting Started with Squid

2. Configuring Squid FREE CHAPTER

3. Running Squid

4. Getting Started with Squid's Powerful ACLs and Access Rules

5. Understanding Log Files and Log Formats

6. Managing Squid and Monitoring Traffic

7. Protecting your Squid Proxy Server with Authentication

8. Building a Hierarchy of Squid Caches

9. Squid in Reverse Proxy Mode

10. Squid in Intercept Mode

11. Writing URL Redirectors and Rewriters

12. Troubleshooting Squid

Pop Quiz Answers

Index

Chapter 8, Building a Hierarchy of Squid Caches

Question	Answer
1	a. `p1.example.com`. When the default option is used with more than one peer, only the first one is considered irrespective of the other options specified.
2	c. Two possible ways: Using `cache_peer_domain` cache_peer sibling.example.com sibling 3128 0 no-query no-digest cache_peer_domain sibling.example.com !.local.example.com Using `cache_peer_access` cache_peer sibling.example.com sibling 3128 0 no-query no-digest acl local_example dstdomain .local.example.com cache_peer_access sibling.example.com deny local_example cache_peer_access sibling.example.com allow all

Question

Answer

p1.example.com. When the default option is used with more than one peer, only the first one is considered irrespective of the other options specified.

Two possible ways:

Using cache_peer_domain

cache_peer sibling.example.com sibling 3128 0 no-query no-digest

cache_peer_domain sibling.example.com !.local.example.com

Using cache_peer_access

cache_peer sibling.example.com sibling 3128 0 no-query no-digest

acl local_example dstdomain .local.example.com

cache_peer_access sibling.example.com deny local_example

cache_peer_access sibling.example.com allow all

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You're reading from Squid Proxy Server 3.1: Beginner's Guide Reduce bandwidth use and deliver your most frequently requested web pages more quickly with Squid Proxy Server. This guide will introduce you to the fundamentals of the caching system and help you get the most from Squid.

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Chapter 8, Building a Hierarchy of Squid Caches

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