Re: [squid-users] download.windowsupdate.com

Microsoft has changed how updates are performed and now uses an SSL
connection for the actual download.

If you have Squid configured as an "intercept proxy", you will not see
this traffic.

If you have DNS and DHCP configured to support "Web Proxy Automatic
Detection" or have manually configured your browsers to use Squid as a Web
Proxy, you will see the traffic in your logs flagged as using the CONNECT
method. This will not be cached. Nor will any traffic where parameters
are passed to extract the update from a "cab".

Merton Campbell Crockett

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, Babs wrote:

> Why make worries about "Windows Update"?, go ahead
> with SUS from MS and save bandwidth and squid :)
>
> Babs
>
> --- Babar Kazmi <BabarKazmi@Hotmail.Com> wrote:
> > Dear Lizzy
> >
> > Could you please elaborate this problem ? I think
> > using a sniffer could help
> > us more to solve this as Brett says its a bug.
> > I would also like to learn with you.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Babar Kazmi.
> >
> >
> > >From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
> > >To: "Lizzy Dizzy" <lizzy_99@hotmail.com>,
> > squid-users@squid-cache.org
> > >Subject: Re: [squid-users]
> > download.windowsupdate.com
> > >
> > >Squid does NOT handle Windows Update properly. In
> > fact, it multiplies
> > >the traffic by a factor of 1000 in some cases! This
> > is a serious bug
> > >in Squid that really should be fixed.
> > >
> > >--Brett Glass
> > >
> > >At 03:33 AM 7/15/2004, Lizzy Dizzy wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >anyone has their squid cache slowed down by this
> > website? Especially
> > these few days? I notice a surge in the number of
> > request to this site. I
> > have set my FileDescriptors to 8192, yet everytime
> > it slows down the squid
> > when only 4000 are used. Even cache HITS are
> > affected.
> > > >
> > > >Rgds
> > > >Lizz
> > > >
> > >
> >
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