Re: [squid-users] documentation for --enable-forw-via-db

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011, Amos Jeffries wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:01:05 -0700 (PDT), david_at_lang.hm wrote:
>> I see this config option in 3.2, but searching for this string (or
>> subsets of it) on the wiki isn't finding anything.
>>
>> what does this option do?
>>
>> David Lang
>
> "Enable forw/via database" :)
>
> The forw/via database stores a copy of every unique Via: and X-Forwarded-For:
> header which passes through Squid, along with a count of how many time it was
> seen. This gets reset/emptied on log rotate.
>
> The lists are viewable with the via_headers and forw_headers cache manager
> reports. Current squid do not use the DB for anything.

thanks, where should I have looked to find this in the documentation/wiki?

David Lang
Received on Mon Mar 21 2011 - 01:31:50 MDT