<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484740097336_8105">Hello all,<br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484740097336_8097" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484740097336_8096"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484740097336_8095"><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484740097336_8130"><div id="yiv2129192054"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:14px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484740097336_8129"><div id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_2915"><br id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_2916"></div><div id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_2917">I have an API for which we would like to implement a reverse proxy caching with squid on Windows Server 2008.</div><div id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_2918">As I can see here <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wiki.squid-cache.org/KnowledgeBase/Windows" class="yiv2129192054enhancr2_9a4f35ca-4169-0937-720f-7f9b664324dd" id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3083">KnowledgeBase/Windows - Squid Web Proxy Wiki</a> there are some known limitations and I would like to ask you some questions:</div><div id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3150"><br></div><div id="yiv2129192054enhancr2_9a4f35ca-4169-0937-720f-7f9b664324dd" class="yiv2129192054yahoo-link-enhancr-card  yiv2129192054ymail-preserve-class yiv2129192054ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-url="http://wiki.squid-cache.org/KnowledgeBase/Windows" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium" dir="ltr" contenteditable="false"> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wiki.squid-cache.org/KnowledgeBase/Windows" style="text-decoration:none;color:#000;" class="yiv2129192054yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3115"> <table class="yiv2129192054card-wrapper yiv2129192054yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="max-width:400px;" id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3114"> <tbody id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3113"><tr id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3112"> <td width="400" id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3111"> <table class="yiv2129192054card yiv2129192054yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;" id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3110"> <tbody id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3109"><tr id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3108"> <td class="yiv2129192054card-primary-image-cell" style="background:#000 url('https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/JoBC2WatZTNfgle.PLgVRg--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://wiki.squid-cache.org/wiki/squidtheme/img/squid-bubbles.png.cf.jpg') no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;height:200px;position:relative;" background="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/JoBC2WatZTNfgle.PLgVRg--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://wiki.squid-cache.org/wiki/squidtheme/img/squid-bubbles.png.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3107"><!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/JoBC2WatZTNfgle.PLgVRg--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://wiki.squid-cache.org/wiki/squidtheme/img/squid-bubbles.png.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]-->  <table class="yiv2129192054yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%;" id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3106"> <tbody id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3105"><tr id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3104"> <td style="background:transparent url('https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png') repeat left top;height:200px;" background="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png" bgcolor="transparent" valign="top" id="yiv2129192054yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484739070351_3103"><!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px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