On Mon, Sep 03, 2007, Paul Bertain wrote: > Via: 1.1 squid-1.example .com:80 (squid/2.5.STABLE14) You might consider upgrading to squid-2.6.STABLE16 when it comes out. > X-Forwarded-For: 208.106.5.39 > Cache-Control: max-age=259200 > Connection: keep-alive > > I think our Squid parent is not responding so Squid goes direct to > source. Is there a way to ensure that Squid will not go to origin > even if the parent does not respond? We do DNS load-balancing so > when the Squid tries to go direct to source, I think that is where > our loop begins. Try reading these config options: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/cfgman/never_direct.html http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/cfgman/always_direct.html http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/cfgman/prefer_direct.html http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/cfgman/nonhierarchical_direct.html Adrian