Hi all ! I'm using squid with: Squid Cache: Version 2.5.STABLE6 configure options: i586-mandrake-linux-gnu --program-prefix= --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/sbin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc/squid --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib/squid --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-poll --enable-snmp --enable-removal-policies=heap,lru --enable-storeio=aufs,coss,diskd,ufs,null --enable-useragent-log --enable-referer-log --enable-cachemgr-hostname=localhost --enable-truncate --enable-underscores --enable-carp --enable-async-io --enable-htcp --enable-delay-pools --enable-linux-netfilter --enable-ssl --enable-arp-acl --enable-auth=basic,digest,ntlm --enable-basic-auth-helpers=winbind,multi-domain-NTLM,getpwnam,YP,SMB,PAM,NC SA,MSNT,LDAP --enable-ntlm-auth-helpers=SMB,fakeauth,no_check,winbind --enable-digest-auth-helpers=password --enable-external-acl-helpers=ip_user,ldap_group,unix_group,wbinfo_group,win bind_group --enable-follow-x-forwarded-for --with-pthreads --with-winbind-auth-challenge --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-ident-lookups This is the default mandrake 10.1 installation. I've configured delay pools in my server and it works fine, but I have to reload the squid from time to time so as to update some ips, restrictions etc from a system that update the squid.conf. The problem is that when i reload the squid, the actual download that was being restricted by delay_pool looses the restriction and is no longer limited to the speed of the pool. Is there a way so as to reload the squid and NOT to loose the delay_pool restriction in the already opened connections ( downloads ) ? Here is my delay_pool conf: acl adm_net src "/etc/squid/adm_net.txt" acl free_download src "/etc/squid/free_download.txt" acl downloads url_regex -i "/etc/squid/downloads.ext" delay_pools 1 delay_class 1 1 delay_access 1 deny free_download delay_access 1 deny !adm_net delay_access 1 allow downloads delay_access 1 deny all delay_parameters 1 5000/5000 Any ideias ? Thanks Leandro