Re: [squid-users] Use parent proxy, but use fallback when parent is down?

* Hendrik Voigtl?nder <hendrik@voigtlaenders.net>:

> >Is it possible to make squid use a parent proxy, but fall back to e.g.
> >direct if the parent is down?

> Yes, with always_direct deny.
> We use delay_pools to limit usage of the direct connection which is
> shared with other apps. Parent access is unlimited.

Could you provide a little bit more detail on hwo to set this up?

Background: Squid uses Dansguardian as parent proxy. If Dansguardian
goes tits up (ohhh, yes it does) then Squid reports that it can't
connect to it's parent proxy. In those cases it should fall back to
NOT using the parent.

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