Re: AW: [squid-users] Windows update hangs

From: Carlos Zottmann <carlos.zottmann@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:13:47 -0300

Hi everybody !!

Don´t know a solution can be found here, but the following link show
an article describing "How the windows update client determines wich
proxy server to use ..."

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=900935

Regards,
Carlos.

2005/8/12, Lasse Mørk <debian@cyrix.dk>:
> Still runs terrible slow!
>
> It is almost impossible to use windows update...
> This aint good!
>
>
> > Try to use https://update... Instead of http.. That works for us...
> >
> > But youre right, there is an problem with squid and windowsupdate. If i
> > set proxy settings to automatically (dns or dhcp delivers the wpad
> > settings) than windowsupdate failes.
> >
> >
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> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Lasse Mørk [mailto:debian@cyrix.dk]
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. August 2005 15:22
> > An: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> > Cc: Aaron McDonnell
> > Betreff: Re: [squid-users] Windows update hangs
> >
> >
> > Hi Aaron
> > The squid is not running as a transperent proxy, and we have manually set
> > the proxy settings in I-Explore.
> >
> > It works though, but takes 30min - 1hour or so to connect. And forever to
> > download the updates. :(
> >
> >
> >> Hi Lasse
> >>
> >> It could be related to the problem I'm having, depending on how your
> >> proxy it set up. I'm trying to build a box to manage the Quarantine
> >> network in our environment and the Windows Update site hangs/fails for
> >> me as well.
> >> The
> >> problem in my case is that Squid is a transparent proxy, and when you
> >> click on either the "Custom" or "Express" options, it briefly requires
> >> an SSL connection to download.windowsupdate.com - since Squid doesn't
> >> seem to have a way to do that in transparent mode, it fails.
> >>
> >> If I set IE to use Squid as a proxy directly, it'll work. Have you
> >> tried setting the proxy settings directly in IE yet?
> >>
> >> Aaron
> >>
> >> Lasse Mørk wrote:
> >>> Is there anyway to get around this issue?
> >>>
> >>> It just stalls now where it looks for latest updates.
> >>> Maybe without caching the windows update files?
> >>>
> >>> I am getting kinda desperate!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hmm.. Dosn't seem to help :(
> >>>>
> >>>>It still lacks and run terrible slow.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>On 8/11/05, Lasse Mørk <debian@cyrix.dk> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Hey all
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>squid 2.5.9-10 running debian.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Does anyone knows what to do, when windows update hangs ?
> >>>>>>Sometime it just stalls, but now and then it works, although it is
> >>>>>>got damn slow :(
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Including that, it prompts for user and passwords just before it
> >>>>>>checks for updates, I belive it is?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Any solution to this? The best thing would be if it was possible to
> >>>>>>cache the updates, but it worst case I might have to remove the
> >>>>>>windows update site, from the proxy list.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html#ss11.54
> >>>>>
> >>>>> M.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Aaron McDonnell
> >> Network Administrator
> >> Network Operations Centre
> >> University of Western Ontario
> >> Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 86558
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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