Squid Web Cache FAQ | Squid Web Cache wiki

Squid Web Cache FAQ | Squid Web Cache wiki
Squid Web Cache FAQ
Introduction
What is Squid?
Installation and Use
Binary Packages for Squid
Compiling Squid
Configuring Squid
Configuring web browsers to use squid
How big of a system do I need to run Squid?
Installing Squid
common security pitfalls
Modes of operation
Explicit Proxy (or Forward Proxy) is the basic mode, upon which
everything else is built.
Offline
or aggressive mode: serving up stale data with
minimal network usage
ESI processor (or ESI surrogate): Assembling web pages.
This is a sub-type of accelerator mode which since
Squid-3.3
is enabled automatically and cannot be used with other modes
Running squid
Access Controls in Squid
Adding a Cache Dir
Cache Digests
Caching Windows Updates
Clearing the Cache contents
Content Adaptation
How do I force caching of ChromeOS Updates?
How do I make Windows Updates cache?
Interception Caching
Operating Squid
Reverse Proxy
Squid Log Files
The cache manager
Using RAID with Squid cache directories
Troubleshooting
OS-specific special cases
Sending Bug Reports to the Squid Team
Squid configuration: Order Is Important!
What is the meaning of a Zero Sized Reply?
What to do when Squid misbehaves
What to do when there are way too many cache misses
the
KnowledgeBase
Covers how things are supposed to work and what to look out for. It includes specific help guides for supported operating systems.
ConfigExamples
Gives detailed configurations in case you have missed something
Performance Tuning
How Squid uses memory
Profiling Squid Servers
System-specific optimizations
Using multiple upstream providers
Squid features
See
Features
for a run down of Squid’s main features
Other FAQ
Other resources
Related software
Squid terminology
Squid’s Inner Workings
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