Re: [squid-users] Follow up question from Wiki... "how do I configure Squid not to cache a specific server?"

Andy McCall:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I need a specific site to completely bypass my squid cache due to a broken external webapp.
>
> I have read the section "how do I configure Squid not to cache a specific server?" from the wiki, which I can implement with no issues, but what I am not sure is what this will actually do :)
>
> Will this allow traffic to pass through squid without caching it, or will this block the site for users?
>

Do you mean this?

acl someserver dstdomain .someserver.com
cache deny someserver

They make squid not to cache a site, thus squid acts as a pure proxy
(like apache's mod_proxy). They won't block a site.

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Jeff Pang
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