Re: [squid-users] Cisco switches and cache interception and TPROXY

Clemente Aguiar wrote:
> I am in the process of upgrading our network infrastructure.
>
> At present I have a Cisco Router and I have a working interception cache
> (Squid) using WCCPv2 protocol for this purpose.
>
> In this upgrade process, I am considering the use of Cisco Catalyst 3560
> or 3750 switches instead of the router, but from the documentation,
> these switches support WCCPv2 but the are some unsupported WCCP
> features.
>
> The WCCP features that are not supported in the software release
> 12.2(52)SE are:
> - Packet redirection on an outbound interface that is configured by
> using the "ip wccp redirect out" interface configuration command. This
> command is not supported.
> - The GRE forwarding method for packet redirection is not supported.
> - The hash assignment method for load balancing is not supported.
> - There is no SNMP support for WCCP.
>

Then use the WCCPv2. Squid supports both.
AFAIK L2 transport method is not a problem for Squid. Though I'm not
sure how that gets configured on the receiving system.

> Taking in consideration these unsupported features would it be possible
> to:
>
> 1) use Squid in "interception" mode?

Yes.

>
> 2) use Squid in "TProxy interception" mode?
>

Yes.

Amos

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