Re: [squid-users] couple of questions ...

Try to use "offline_mode" if you don't believe me, and keep in mind that
"offlinet_mode" gives you access to a LOT more cached information than
the proposed feature would allow (stale cached versions, where the
origin server should have been contacted).

But sure, if someone really want's it I do not doubt they will make sure
it gets done. It is a interesting feature, but I am afraid you greatly
overestimate the amount of content these users would be able to access
if these users should also be allowed to log in to access non-cached
content..

--
Henrik Nordstrom
Suqid Hacker
Chris Kleinschmidt wrote:
> 
> I disagree as to the limited usefulness of this.
> There are a number of organisations that could use this to permit
> full access to pre-cached data, and only password access to
> non-cached data, thereby significantly reducing costs and at the
> same time limiting access by users to specific sites.  It could
> even be used TOGETHER WITH allowing unrestricted access to certain
> search engines, to give the appearance of free-reign access.
> There are a lot of schools that might be very interested in this.
> Maybe someone should consider adding this into a future release!
> 
> Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> > Ilia Chipitsine wrote:
> > > Salut, Henrik Nordstrom !  On Tue, 8 May 2001, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> > > > > How can I allow users to get documents from the cache without
> > > > > being "authenticated" ?
> > > > By not requiring authentication for those requests.
> > > :-)
> > > acl ask password if a document is taken from the Internet
> > > acl do not ask password if a document is taken from cache instead :-)
> >
> > Sorry. I misread your question slightly.
> > Currently it is not possible to require authentication for cache misses
> > only. What you can do is to exlude sites from authentication, allowing
> > all access to some sites.
> > Note: The requested feature is of quite limited use as very few sites
> > can be fully cached.
> > --
> > Henrik Nordstrom
> > Squid Hacker
> 
> --
> C.M.Kleinschmidt
> christopherk@optusnet.com.au            North Rockhampton