Hello all, What I am trying to do is have two reverse proxies to share data and cache sites that need authentication as well. With your help previously I completed the first task so the two proxies now share caches and I can see the "SIBLING_HIT"s on the logs (that make me very happy). What I did notice though is that the sites that required authentication (apache simple authentication) do not get cached or something.. (TCP_MISS:FIRST_UP_PARENT) even though I just visited the site using the 1st cache and trying to see it with the 2nd cache (so I can get a SIBLING_HIT) Any help will be much appreciated :) This is the config: # NETWORK OPTIONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http_port 80 accel defaultsite=www.domain.com vhost visible_hostname www.domain.com unique_hostname cache1.domain.com offline_mode off icp_port 3130 request_body_max_size 1250 KB # OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE CACHE SIZE # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- cache_mem 1024 MB maximum_object_size 8 MB maximum_object_size_in_memory 256 KB # LOGFILE PATHNAMES AND CACHE DIRECTORIES # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- cache_dir aufs /var/cache/squid 61440 16 256 emulate_httpd_log on logfile_rotate 100 logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh access_log /var/log/squid/access.log combined cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log cache_store_log /var/log/squid/store.log debug_options ALL,1,33,3,20,3 # OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- auth_param basic children 10 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours auth_param basic casesensitive off # OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i \.css 1440 50% 2880 override-expire refresh_pattern -i \.swf 1440 50% 2880 ignore-reload override-expire refresh_pattern . 1440 50% 4320 override-expire # ACCESS CONTROLS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- acl all src all acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl SSL_ports port 443 563 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl purge method PURGE acl CONNECT method CONNECT acl shoutcast rep_header X-HTTP09-First-Line ^ICY\s[0-9] upgrade_http0.9 deny shoutcast acl apache rep_header Server ^Apache broken_vary_encoding allow apache # reverce-proxy configuration # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- cache_peer 10.1.87.218 sibling 80 3130 proxy-only no-digest no-netdb-exchange cache_peer 10.1.87.100 parent 80 0 no-query no-netdb-exchange originserver no-digest name=istos_srv login=PASS acl sites_www dstdomain www.domain.com acl sites_www dstdomain domain.com acl sites_www dstdomain test.domain.com acl from_cache2 src 10.1.87.218 http_access allow sites_www cache_peer_access istos_srv allow sites_www cache_peer_access istos_srv deny from_cache2 cache_peer_access istos_srv deny all cache_peer 10.1.87.208 parent 80 0 no-query originserver no-digest name=helios login=PASS acl sites_helios dstdomain helios.domain.com http_access allow sites_helios cache_peer_access helios allow sites_helios cache_peer_access helios deny from_cache2 cache_peer_access helios deny all # forward-proxy security restrictions # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access allow purge localhost http_access deny purge http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localhost http_access deny all http_reply_access allow all acl cache2 src 10.1.87.218 icp_access allow cache2 icp_access deny all # ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- shutdown_lifetime 6 second httpd_suppress_version_string on cache_mgr cachemgr@xxxxxxxxxx # ICP OPTIONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- log_icp_queries on # MISCELLANEOUS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- memory_pools_limit 1024 MB # DELAY POOL PARAMETERS (all require DELAY_POOLS compilation option) # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- coredump_dir /var/spool/squid ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kind regards, Nik -- Nikolaos Pavlidis BSc (Hons) MBCS NCLP CEH CHFI Systems Administrator University Of Bedfordshire Park Square LU1 3JU Luton, Beds, UK Tel: +441582489277 (Ext 2277)