Might be an option... How do I do that? I have tried acl WIN1 dstdomain update.microsoft.com acl WIN2 dstdomain windowsupdate.microsoft.com acl WIN3 dstdomain download.microsoft.com always_direct allow WIN1 always_direct allow WIN2 always_direct allow WIN3 But it still prompts for auth. > > Are you getting your users to authenticate when they connect? > > Windows update looks like is not capable of working well with > authenticating proxies. If you exclude URLs used by Windows updates from > authenticating, it will go through. > > Look at access.log to see the URLs used by Windows Updates. > > Regards > > Sunil > > Sunil S > Deputy Manager - ERP, > Petroleum House Annexe - 2, > Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., > 17 - JD Tata Road, Mumbai - 400 020. > > Phone: 91-22-22863273 > 91-9323737162 >>>> Lasse Mørk <debian@xxxxxxxx> 08/11/05 6:52 PM >>> > > Hi Aaron > The squid is not running as a transperent proxy, and we have manually set > the proxy settings in I-Explore. > > It works though, but takes 30min - 1hour or so to connect. And forever to > download the updates. :( > > >> Hi Lasse >> >> It could be related to the problem I'm having, depending on how your >> proxy >> it set up. I'm trying to build a box to manage the Quarantine network >> in >> our environment and the Windows Update site hangs/fails for me as well. >> The >> problem in my case is that Squid is a transparent proxy, and when you >> click >> on either the "Custom" or "Express" options, it briefly requires an SSL >> connection to download.windowsupdate.com - since Squid doesn't seem to >> have >> a way to do that in transparent mode, it fails. >> >> If I set IE to use Squid as a proxy directly, it'll work. Have you >> tried >> setting the proxy settings directly in IE yet? >> >> Aaron >> >> Lasse Mørk wrote: >>> Is there anyway to get around this issue? >>> >>> It just stalls now where it looks for latest updates. >>> Maybe without caching the windows update files? >>> >>> I am getting kinda desperate! >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hmm.. Dosn't seem to help :( >>>> >>>>It still lacks and run terrible slow. >>>> >>>> >>>>>On 8/11/05, Lasse Mørk <debian@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Hey all >>>>>> >>>>>>squid 2.5.9-10 running debian. >>>>>> >>>>>>Does anyone knows what to do, when windows update hangs ? >>>>>>Sometime it just stalls, but now and then it works, although it is >>>>>> got >>>>>>damn slow :( >>>>>> >>>>>>Including that, it prompts for user and passwords just before it >>>>>> checks >>>>>>for updates, I belive it is? >>>>>> >>>>>>Any solution to this? The best thing would be if it was possible to >>>>>>cache >>>>>>the updates, but it worst case I might have to remove the windows >>>>>>update >>>>>>site, from the proxy list. >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html#ss11.54 >>>>> >>>>> M. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Aaron McDonnell >> Network Administrator >> Network Operations Centre >> University of Western Ontario >> Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 86558 >> > > > > > This e-mail message is only to be used by intended recipients and all > others may kindly > delete it and notify the sender. Unless expressly authorized by HPCL, the > views > expressed and the message itself is that of the individual sender and > recipients are > cautioned to check messages/ attachments for any viruses before use. Users > acknowledge that messages may contain confidential, proprietary or > privileged > information and that HPCL neither assures nor guarantees integrity or > content of > messages. >
