Hi all, I've set a squid server to use direct connections by default and to use a parent proxy if direct is unavailable: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http_port 8080 acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localhost http_access deny all icp_access deny all htcp_access deny all cache_peer 10.151.8.10 parent 3128 0 name=prod default prefer_direct on cache_peer_access prod allow all hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? cache_mem 4000 MB maximum_object_size_in_memory 5000 KB cache_dir ufs /var/cache/squid 100000 64 512 maximum_object_size 40960 KB access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log cache_store_log /var/log/squid/store.log pid_filename /var/log/squid/squid.pid refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern (cgi-bin|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 icp_port 0 coredump_dir /var/cache -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I simulate an issue (DIRECT/ unavailable), this will work for GET, but POST try always DIRECT/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1231334419.908 292 127.0.0.1 TCP_MISS/200 2383 GET http://playlist.yacast.net/ - DEFAULT_PARENT/10.151.8.10 text/html 1231334427.526 0 127.0.0.1 TCP_MISS/503 2373 POST http://playlist.yacast.net/ - DIRECT/playlist.yacast.net text/html 1231334562.494 0 127.0.0.1 TCP_MISS/503 2373 POST http://playlist.yacast.net/ - DIRECT/playlist.yacast.net text/html 1231335100.244 311 127.0.0.1 TCP_MISS/200 7401 GET http://www.google.fr/ - DEFAULT_PARENT/10.151.8.10 text/html 1231335100.599 318 127.0.0.1 TCP_MISS/204 492 GET http://clients1.google.com/generate_204 - DEFAULT_PARENT/10.151.8.10 text/html 1231335158.319 311 127.0.0.1 TCP_MISS/200 2383 GET http://playlist.yacast.net/ - DEFAULT_PARENT/10.151.8.10 text/html 1231335159.585 0 127.0.0.1 TCP_MISS/503 2373 POST http://playlist.yacast.net/ - DIRECT/playlist.yacast.net text/html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any ideas ??? Best Regards, Sébastien WENSKE