Re: [squid-users] Cache_peer based on destination's geoip

> > Hello list,
> >
> > Some medieval country that shall remain unnamed is
> blocking access to
> some
> > specific websites, but the list of websites is huge,
> dynamic, and not
> > public.
> >
> > I have two proxy servers, one of which is located
> outside of this
> > firewall, but access to this proxy server is slower
> than to the local
> one.
> >
> > I would like to configure the local proxy to use a
> peer cache based on
> the
> > geoip address of the destination.
> >
> > If the required object belongs to a specific country
> then the request
> will
> > go through the second proxy.
> >
> > I know about the cache_peer_domain option, but I would
> like to use a
> geoip
> > based solution.
> >

....

> > So the acl is evaluated, returns false, and the log
> file doesn't have
> any
> > output. How come?
>
> Nope. The helpers is a "slow" category lookup being used in
> a "fast"
> category access list. The helper is never called, just the
> existing results
> cache tested to see if a result is known.
> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl#Fast_and_Slow_ACLs
>
> To get this to work you need to use the ACL in a "slow"
> category access
> list such as http_access first to get the result cached in
> Squid so it can
> be retrieved without any delays by cache_peer_access.
>
> Amos

Thanks, http_access did the trick.
Perhaps there should be a reference to this in the docs, under the cache_peer_access page.

By the way, I can contribute my external script, in case it would be a useful addition to the squid package.

Thanks a lot!

      
Received on Wed Oct 28 2009 - 08:11:50 MDT