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9.7 Exercises

  • Try running Squid with a bogus httpd_accel_host value. For example:

    httpd_accel_host blah.blah.blah

    Does it still work, or do you get error messages?

  • Disconnect Squid's network connection while your router/switch is diverting traffic to it. Does the network device bypass Squid? How long does it take to notice the problem?

  • Repeat the same experiment, but this time kill the Squid process instead of unplugging the network cable.

  • Enable Squid's user-agent log and see if you are intercepting any nonbrowser web traffic.



    		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
    		9.1 How It Works
    		9.2 Why (Not) Intercept?
    		9.3 The Network Device
    		9.4 Operating System Tweaks
    		9.5 Configure Squid
    		9.6 Debugging Problems
    		9.7 Exercises
    		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
    		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