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

[Eliezer Croitoru]

Hey Eray,

Indeed all of these are good and sysadmins should be able to handle them 
but.. in specific cases it's not easy.
The cases I know about are:
- SAT links (slow or costly)
- Sensitive acl\security systems
- Very low quality distance wireless links

In the case of ACLs system bypass or bridging might not be an option if 
the stakes are high(This is where I asked myself couple times why IT 
managers doesn't like to pay for industrial guarantees).

I am happy with squid for a very long time and I couldn't understand why 
a friend of mine wasn't happy about it. Only when I was with him and he 
showed me what happens when he tries to install and run squid I 
understood the Blocking issue. Eventually for him a special customized 
proxy was the answer.

Thanks,
Eliezer

On 01/03/2016 12:55, Eray Aslan wrote:
> 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.
>
> -- Eray