[squid-users] Squid memory usage increase overtime, proxies slows down

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 13.01.20 19:59, squdbuff wrote:
>When I first start the program, the proxies are at a good speed (below
>100ms)
>
>after about 5 mins then memory usage of squid increases greatly, then the
>proxies slow down to 1000ms+
>
>my access log is getting spammed by the follow message ( I have no idea what
>this means) I dont have a user named kaiz9n9d9
>
>1578959115.266      0 216.115.184.251 TCP_DENIED/407 4130 CONNECT
>www.supremenewyork.com:443 kaiz9n9d9 HIER_NONE/- text/html
>1578959115.270      0 216.115.184.251 TCP_DENIED/407 4020 CONNECT
>www.supremenewyork.com:443 - HIER_NONE/- text/html
>1578959115.272      0 216.115.184.251 TCP_DENIED/407 4130 CONNECT
>www.supremenewyork.com:443 kaiz9n9d9 HIER_NONE/- text/html
>1578959115.276      0 216.115.184.251 TCP_DENIED/407 4020 CONNECT
>www.supremenewyork.com:443 - HIER_NONE/- text/html
>1578959115.277      0 216.115.184.251 TCP_DENIED/407 4130 CONNECT
>www.supremenewyork.com:443 kaiz9n9d9 HIER_NONE/- text/html
>1578959115.281      0 216.115.184.251 TCP_DENIED/407 4020 CONNECT
>www.supremenewyork.com:443 - HIER_NONE/- text/html
>
>
>Currently I am running "service squid reload", every 300 seconds which keeps
>the proxies at a good speed
>
>But this is not a permanent fix
>
>Can someone please offer your advise for this issue?

do you know that IP, does it belong to you?
If not, it's apparently someone from the internet trying to use your squid
as a proxy.

the easiest way to avoid this is to use firewall for blocking connections
from the world to squid.

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