Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 02:27:01 -0500 (EST) From: Jaime <jaime@snowmoon.com> To: Keith Anderson <keith@apcs.com.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD squid hotmail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812230216570.14799-100000@darwin.snowmoon.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981223174437.keith@apcs.com.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Keith Anderson wrote: > I have a problem with hotmail on my system can some one point out what > I can do to fix the problem > > We run 3.0-RELEASE squid-novm-1.1.22 and Transproxy > > I have in the squid.conf hierarchy_stoplist hotmail.com > > everything works but hotmail > > Any help would be great I have a section of my WAN which is behind a similar proxy (FreeBSD 2.2.5 + Squid 1.1) and it does not have this problem. I just verified this by pulling up a Hotmail account's inbox. Out stoplist line reads: hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? The comments in the default /usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf show that this command only effects whether this instance of Squid will pull from the cache of another instance or if it will pull the web page directly, in and of itself. On a hunch, I think that what you want is for Hotmail's web pages to not cache, in order to preserve privacy. If that's the case, Squid 1.1's configuration file shows: # TAG: cache_stoplist # A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to # immediately removed from the cache. In other words, use this # to force certain objects to never be cached. You may list this # option multiple times. # # The default is to not cache URLs containing 'cgi-bin' or '?'. # cache_stoplist cgi-bin ? ...and Squid 2.0's configuration file shows: # TAG: no_cache # A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause the reply to # immediately removed from the cache. In other words, use this # to force certain objects to never be cached. # # You must use the word 'DENY' to indicate the ACL names which should # NOT be cached. # # There is no default. We recommend you uncomment the following # two lines. # #acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? #no_cache deny QUERY I'm fairly sure that the first command (cache_stoplist) will help you and the second (no_cache) is only for 2.0. Good luck. Either way, this advise is based on the idea that you're simply trying to prevent caching of Hotmail pages. FWIW, Hotmail uses a timeout system, so doing this isn't necessary unless people are allowed to log onto the FreeBSD box. Good luck, Jaime To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.05.9812230216570.14799-100000>