[squid-users] packet level accounting & connection pinning

hello all,

i'm in the process of attempting to do packet level accounting for users
behind a squid proxy. in a few simple tests, i came to the conclusion
that access.log does not log the actual tcp/ip header as part of the
byte count, nor does it account for the syn, syn-ack, ack packets when
squid requests a page from an http server.

i would image that the larger community does not want or need this type
of accounting, however, i do need it to ascertain exactly how much
traffic traversed an expensive link and attribute it to the client.

as i read through the archives, i ran accross something called
connection-pinning, and if i understand it correctly :-), it allows for
the originating client's address to be used by squid? is this possible?
is there a way to attribute every packet that squid sends (assuming no
icp) to a client?

many, many thanks!

charles shick
Received on Sun Jul 13 2003 - 03:08:56 MDT