> Duane Wessels wrote:
>
> > Historically, Squid's default behaviour has been to continue
> > downloading after a client abort. You could change the
> > behaviour with the quick_abort options.
>
> Which brings us back to the question: Is this a reasonable default
> behaviour?
>
> I beleive that it is not. The default should be to abort as soon as all
> active clients have aborted, and if one wants to allow Squid to continue
> downloading objects after the last client has aborted then the
> administrator should be required to configure the quick_abort limits in
> squid.conf.
>
> I can't think of a single situation where unrestricted continuation of
> downloads are a wanted feature, but a large number of situations when it
> is not.
Many a time I've used my cache to download files offline using the feature.
By hitting the file... logging off and logging on later I was saved the online
time.
Cheers
Steve
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Received on Wed Oct 21 1998 - 03:35:52 MDT
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