Hello, This time we can see I followed the original config. A page like cnn.com takes about 60 seconds to load. Without the proxy it takes 10 seconds. CentOS 5.4 fresh and clean base install with compiling tools. Then I installed openssl-devel ./configure; make; make install also same problem with: ./configure --enable-ssl; make; make install This is a dual Atom 1GB RAM. I will have to test on another machine tomorrow. The cache log says: 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Starting Squid Cache version 3.1.0.16 for i686-pc-linux-gnu... 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Process ID 10523 2010/02/15 23:41:34| With 1024 file descriptors available 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Initializing IP Cache... 2010/02/15 23:41:34| DNS Socket created at [::], FD 5 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Adding nameserver 16.10.55.10 from /etc/resolv.conf 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Adding nameserver 16.30.3.13 from /etc/resolv.conf 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Adding domain localhost from /etc/resolv.conf 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 10 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Store logging disabled 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Swap maxSize 0 + 262144 KB, estimated 20164 objects 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Target number of buckets: 1008 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Using 8192 Store buckets 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Max Mem size: 262144 KB 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Max Swap size: 0 KB 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Using Least Load store dir selection 2010/02/15 23:41:34| Set Current Directory to /usr/local/squid/var/cache 2010/02/15 23:41:35| Loaded Icons. 2010/02/15 23:41:35| Accepting HTTP connections at [::]:3128, FD 11. 2010/02/15 23:41:35| HTCP Disabled. 2010/02/15 23:41:35| Squid modules loaded: 0 2010/02/15 23:41:35| Ready to serve requests. 2010/02/15 23:41:35| storeLateRelease: released 0 objects 2010/02/15 23:42:51| Preparing for shutdown after 186 requests 2010/02/15 23:42:51| Waiting 0 seconds for active connections to finish 2010/02/15 23:42:51| FD 11 Closing HTTP connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Shutting down... 2010/02/15 23:42:53| basic/auth_basic.cc(97) done: Basic authentication Shutdown. 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Closing unlinkd pipe on FD 10 2010/02/15 23:42:53| storeDirWriteCleanLogs: Starting... 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Finished. 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CPU Usage: 0.429 seconds = 0.298 user + 0.131 sys Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB Page faults with physical i/o: 0 Memory usage for squid via mallinfo(): total space in arena: 4092 KB Ordinary blocks: 3960 KB 85 blks Small blocks: 0 KB 1 blks Holding blocks: 2140 KB 11 blks Free Small blocks: 0 KB Free Ordinary blocks: 131 KB Total in use: 6100 KB 149% Total free: 131 KB 3% 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 5 DNS Socket 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 8 Waiting for next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 9 Reading next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 12 Reading next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 13 i.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 14 Reading next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 15 i.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 16 www.cnnaudience.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 17 i.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 18 Waiting for next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 19 i.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 20 Waiting for next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 21 Waiting for next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 22 Waiting for next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 23 i.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 24 i.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 25 i.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 26 i.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 27 mail.google.com:443 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 28 content.dl-rms.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 29 chatenabled.mail.google.com:443 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 30 symbolcomplete.marketwatch.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 31 es.optimost.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 33 Waiting for next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 34 i2.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 35 i2.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 36 cnn.dyn.cnn.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 37 b.scorecardresearch.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 38 Reading next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 39 mail.google.com:443 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 40 Reading next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 41 mail.google.com:443 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 42 Waiting for next request 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD UNSTARTED 43 http://svcs.cnn.com/weather/getForecast?time=32&mode=json_html& 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 44 i2.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 45 i2.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Open FD READ/WRITE 46 i2.cdn.turner.com idle connection 2010/02/15 23:42:53| Squid Cache (Version 3.1.0.16): Exiting normally. This the config: # # Recommended minimum configuration: # acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl localhost src ::1/128 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 acl to_localhost dst ::1/128 # Example rule allowing access from your local networks. # Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing # should be allowed acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl CONNECT method CONNECT # # Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration: # # Only allow cachemgr access from localhost http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager # Deny requests to certain unsafe ports http_access deny !Safe_ports # Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports # We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent # web applications running on the proxy server who think the only # one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user #http_access deny to_localhost # # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS # # Example rule allowing access from your local networks. # Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks # from where browsing should be allowed http_access allow localnet http_access allow localhost # And finally deny all other access to this proxy http_access deny all # Squid normally listens to port 3128 http_port 3128 # We recommend you to use at least the following line. hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? # Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory. #cache_dir ufs /usr/local/squid/var/cache 100 16 256 cache deny all # Leave coredumps in the first cache dir coredump_dir /usr/local/squid/var/cache # Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these. refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 squid started with -N option, no errors thrown there. Andres