Re: [squid-users] How to interrupt ongoing transfers?

From: Henrik Nordstrom <henrik_at_henriknordstrom.net>
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:52:33 +0100

mån 2008-12-08 klockan 00:31 +0530 skrev Kaustav Dey Biswas:

> Actually, I need to implement the quota system as a part of my final
> year Engineering project. I am planning to make it as a sort of an
> add-on package over Squid, which will be compatible with all current
> versions of Squid. As you can see, modifying the Squid source code is
> not an option for me.

There is no builtin feature in Squid to selectively abort active
requests. Modifying the Squid source will be required for this.

> Please let me know if there is any way (or workaround) by which I can
> interrupt ongoing transfers in current versions of Squid without
> having to patch & rebuild it.

I guess you could do it at the network layer by faking RST packets to
Squid or the client, but it's harder and more error prone than extending
Squid.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Sun Dec 07 2008 - 19:52:37 MST

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