Re: [Fwd: [SLUG] squid proxy setup]

Robert Collins <robertc@squid-cache.org> writes:

> On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 23:28, Francesco Chemolli wrote:
> > Robert Collins <robertc@squid-cache.org> writes:
> >
> > > Another wishlist/todo item, for the archives. (Squid configuration via
> > > .PAC files)
> >
> > If you want to do that, you need to embed a javascript interpreter.
> > I don't know about you, but this is not something I'd put in a proxy cache.
>
> Who said anything about 'in' squid. The .pac syntax is very limited. It
> should be translatable to:
> a set of peers
> a set of acls for peers
> a set of always_direct/never_direct acls

Believe me, the .pac syntax is NOT that much limited.

> via perl or something. Then just reconfigure squid. A include command
> for squid.conf would help, but then it's be written before and can be
> hacked up when the other stuff is ready :}.

I think that the (already done by Henrik IIRC) M4-preprocessed squid.conf
is much more useful.

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