[squid-users] Survey on assertions: When the impossible happens

[Eray Aslan]

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 09:43:09AM -0700, Alex Rousskov wrote:
> Q2: Your Squid is asserting every 5 minutes. There is no [working] Squid
> version you can switch to. Your network topology does not allow you to
> bypass Squid. Until the bug is fixed, would you prefer to see fewer
> assertions in exchange for more memory leaks and an increased
> probability of malformed/corrupted/misleading HTTP messages?

False dichotomy.  There is always something you can do.  Re-route the
traffic, throw the bypass switch, bridge the interfaces, don't use the
cache, downgrade, take preventive measures uptream in the flow...

i.e. let the sysadmin/system architect handle the emergencies.  The case
above is not different from squid box(es) going offline for whatever
reason.  Worst case:  Live through the outage, learn from it and
hopefully design your systems accordingly in the future.

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Eray