That did'n work. It still prompts for user and password :( > That's the wrong options if you are doing the authentication locally. > always_direct is for bypassing parent proxies. > I think what you want to do is to use "http_access allow WIN1" (and so > on) as seperate ACLs to your main one that allows your clients to > access. Of course, as always, I could be way off. > > Tim > > > Lasse Mørk wrote: > >>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. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
