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15.7 Exercises

  • Install and configure Squid as a surrogate on the same system where you run an HTTP server.

  • Make a few test requests with squidclient. Pay particular attention to the reply headers and notice how the requests appear in both access logs.

  • Try to poison your own surrogate with fake HTTP requests. It is probably easier with httpd_accel_single_host enabled.

  • Estimate the size of your origin server's document set. What percentage of the data can fit into 1 GB of memory or disk space?



    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Introduction
    		Chapter 2. Getting Squid
    		Chapter 3. Compiling and Installing
    		Chapter 4. Configuration Guide for the Eager
    		Chapter 5. Running Squid
    		Chapter 6. All About Access Controls
    		Chapter 7. Disk Cache Basics
    		Chapter 8. Advanced Disk Cache Topics
    		Chapter 9. Interception Caching
    		Chapter 10. Talking to Other Squids
    		Chapter 11. Redirectors
    		Chapter 12. Authentication Helpers
    		Chapter 13. Log Files
    		Chapter 14. Monitoring Squid
    		Chapter 15. Server Accelerator Mode
    		15.1 Overview
    		15.2 Configuring Squid
    		15.3 Gee, That Was Confusing!
    		15.4 Access Controls
    		15.5 Content Negotiation
    		15.6 Gotchas
    		15.7 Exercises
    		Chapter 16. Debugging and Troubleshooting
    		Appendix A. Config File Reference
    		Appendix B. The Memory Cache
    		Appendix C. Delay Pools
    		Appendix D. Filesystem Performance Benchmarks
    		Appendix E. Squid on Windows
    		Appendix F. Configuring Squid Clients