Hi Kinkie Thanks for your response. I've looked at the log file and below is a extract of a site but I do not fully understand the meaning of _MISS _HIT _DENIED ok DENIED is obvious but why? 1262869421.378 6417 172.30.36.254 TCP_MISS/200 1762 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 jterblanche DIRECT/129.42.60.216 - 1262869421.378 6426 172.30.36.254 TCP_MISS/200 1764 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 jterblanche DIRECT/129.42.60.216 - 1262869421.379 6422 172.30.36.254 TCP_MISS/200 1751 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 jterblanche DIRECT/129.42.60.216 - 1262869421.380 6405 172.30.36.254 TCP_MISS/200 1763 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 jterblanche DIRECT/129.42.60.216 - 1262869421.400 0 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 1849 CONNECT www-03.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869421.442 1 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 2083 CONNECT www-03.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.508 0 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 1837 CONNECT w3.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.515 0 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 1840 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.521 1 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 1840 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.522 0 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 1840 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.529 2 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 1840 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.532 1 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 2071 CONNECT w3.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.541 4 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 2074 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.542 2 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 2074 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.542 2 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 2074 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.542 1 172.30.36.254 TCP_DENIED/407 2074 CONNECT www.ibm.com:443 - NONE/- text/html 1262869422.543 3 172.30.36.254 TCP_MISS/404 0 CONNECT w3.ibm.com:443 jterblanche DIRECT/- - I think it has something to do with automatic certificate signing how do I make a generic certificate that will work with all https sites in squid? Regards Johann -----Original Message----- From: Kinkie [mailto:gkinkie@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 07 January 2010 12:46 PM To: Johann Terblanche Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RE: Squid Question? On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Johann Terblanche <jterblanche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All > > I have setup squid successfully in my production environment with > Ubuntu, ADS Authentication, Dansguardian, SARG, ClamAV and webmin. > > My questions are > > 1.) I don't notice a signification difference in network performance > expect for the content filtering part that frees up bandwidth. How do > I monitor if squid does indeed cache the websites successfully to disk > and what the response time is on that website after the cache has been > enabled? Check the squid access.log . Look for _HIT and _MISS status codes. > 2.) I also have some minor errors with https websites that says access > denied and if you refresh if works again or some https sites does not > work until you disable the proxy. Could you point me in the right > direction to resolve this. A good starting point is the logfile. Regarding inaccessible sites, a good starting point is http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/TroubleShooting and the wiki in general. It contains lots of informations related to troubleshooting. -- /kinkie No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.127/2603 - Release Date: 01/06/10 21:35:00