Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Tarek Kilani On 09/08/2011 11:10, Amos Jeffries wrote: > On 09/08/11 19:57, Tarek Kilani wrote: >> On 09/08/2011 07:46, Amos Jeffries wrote: >>> On 08/08/11 21:03, Tarek Kilani wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> I wanted to know if it is possible to cache downloads when several >>>> users >>>> in my network want to download the same software from the internet, >>>> avoiding to clog up the bandwidth. >>>> Does somehow cache such downloads, or continues downloads that are >>>> being >>>> canceled? >>>> >>> >>> Maybe. maybe, and maybe >>> >>> The answer to each of your questions above is determined by what >>> caching is permitted for the object, by the client request, by the >>> server sending it, and finally by your configuration settings. >>> >>> We need details about your actual problem to provide help. >>> >>> Amos >> Hi, >> what I'm actually looking for is to avoid downloading the firefox >> browser (for windows) for example over the internet over and over again. >> Or if I manually download any service packs for my windows clients, they >> should be downloaded only once truely from the internet. If such a >> download procedure happens again the client should get the cached >> download. >> >> >> Thank you in advance. > > If you have squid 2.6 or 2.7 enable the collapsed_forwarding directive. > > Nobody has shown any interest in helping to port it to 3.x series yet. > So its stuck on my TODO list behind hundreds of bug fixes. > For now 3.x will download many copies in parallel until one complete > download finishes. Then cache and use that for any future clients. > > > If you have an older squid config you also likely have the default > patterns from the 90's when caching dynamic content was dangerous. > Squid versions 2.6 and later may need some updates: > http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/DynamicContent > > > Amos Hi Amos, I only did a lot of reading and information gathering of the squid, so I'll be setting up a squid from scratch. Thx in advance
