[squid-users] Hi, i need some help about squid for windows

[Momir Milekic]

ok, then i will install v4.14 and try again. After that i will ask for help
again.
for now, one question more:
can i use 2.x config for 4.x  without any additional fixes?

On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 7:22 AM Amos Jeffries <squid3 at treenet.co.nz> wrote:

> On 28/08/21 12:12 pm, Momir Milekic wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Until recently I used squid proxy 2.72 32bit on windows xp machine. We
> > finally switched to 64-bit windows10. I copied the old squid proxy to
> > windows10 with saved settings (just for test, we were short with time
> > for new install). It basically works but there are some problems.
> > I wanted to install newer squid proxy version for windows even earlier,
> > but the lack of support for windowsxp prevented me.
> > In the meantime, i found the v4 version of the squid proxy for windows
> > 10. It taked my attention.
> >
> > I learned to make the most important settings in the config file, but I
> > still don't know a lot.
> > I have some questions:
> > 1) how do I configure forbidden access to sites (facebook, youtube) for
> > certain ip addresses from the LAN network? a couple of simple examples
> > would help?
>
>
> see <https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl>
>
>
>
> > 2) proxy functions work nicely but sometimes the squid proxy "locks up"
> > and there is no data flow for 2-3 minutes. It usually helps to wait or
> > restart the service. How to prevent this? The internet link is good,
> > probably a problem with hidden bugs in the squid proxy or wrong settings
> > (how to increase stability)?
>
>
> This being Squid-2 it could be quite a lot of things that have long ago
> been solved and forgotten about. First thing to do is try an upgrade.
>
>
>
> > 3) number of simultaneous connections per client and globally, How to
> > set up win10 64bit, specifically for squid proxy service? If i need to
> > configure the OS as well, ask me how.
>
>
> Windows APIs used by Squid-2 have a hard limit that cannot be changed.
>
>
> > 4) how to turn off caching. The idea is to just redirect http traffic
> > and always ask/force latest version of site online? No need to make a
> > local copy/cache, just raw proxy between lan and ether/internet.
> >
>
>
> In Squid-2:
>
>    cache deny all
>    cache_mem 0
>    cache_dir /dev/null parent 0
>
>
> In modern Squid just remove any cache_dir you have.
>
>
> > note: all of the above issues and issues are related to version 2.72. If
> > v4.14 64-bit version that I downloaded from diladele site yesterday
> > works better and not have problems, then great. In any case, a couple of
> > examples for squid.conf would help me, I would be very grateful.
> >
>
>
> Squid-2 is HTTP/1.0 software which is 5+ years obsolete now.
>
> Go with the Diladele Squid-4, it is modern HTTP/1.1 software and most of
> the help you will be able to get relies on features only found in the
> Squid-3+ releases.
>
>
> Amos
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