Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 13:42:13 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Dennis Muzza <dennis@freebsd.dextracode.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Squid Proxy Server Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414132920.25043A-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980414120008.007bc550@freebsd.dextracode.com>
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Dennis Muzza wrote: > Has anyone tried the Squid Proxy Server? I got the latest version from > ports (1.2b19) and when doing the make I get compiler errors in several > files. There are no patches for these. Does anyone have any suggestions? Do not use Squid version 1.2+ at this point in time, unless you feel like fixing the problems you will encounter not just with building it, but running it. Squid 1.1.21 is the latest "stable" version of squid, available in the ports collection under ports/www/squid11. I have been running it on a FreeBSD 2.2.5 486DX-66 box for the last 50 days or so (39 day uptime at the moment), with about 70 busy clients (a school media lab). Squid's cpu usage hangs at around 10% or so during the day, with the system load at about 0.05. I currently only have a 200MB cache due to disk space limitations, but I would like to increase it to several GB in the future. So yes, I've used Squid, and it works VERY well from what I have seen so far. I would highly recommend it. If you are using Navigator and MSIE clients, you can set up a proxy-autoconfig java script (compatible with both clients, from what I understand, though I only use it with Navigator.) which will allow you to quickly configure the clients, as well as exercise quite a bit of control over when the client asks the cache for data or wether it should go out and fetch the data directly. Let me know if you would like to see the proxy autoconfig script I use. The same information is available in Squid's documentation (http://squid.nlanr.net) as well as Netscape's web site. -- Chris Dillon --- cdillon@inter-linc.net --- cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us /* Powered by FreeBSD, the best operating system on the planet. Available for Intel x86 and compatible computers. SPARC and Alpha ports currently under development. (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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