Amos, how can I check if the keep alive is really working? Another thing, is it normal behavior the cpu usage being hit 98% usage during one domain download page? Could it be just hardware limitation? If so, this is a very awkward situation because there's no severe load upon squid cause only I using it. Regards, Wladner 2011/12/14 Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:22:38 -0200, Wladner Klimach wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> i'm running squid with kerberos authentication. The problem is that >> it's runing too slow. Looks like squid is negotiating with AD every >> URL it tries to get. Anyone could point me a way out? > > > A few things: > > * Double-check that you have connection persistence (keep-alive) operating > on all connections (both client and server). > > * Ensure that your squid is as recent as you can use, we have had ongoing > small fixes to improve persistence across all releases this past year. > > * Check that the auth packets are not failing over into NTLM or older > protocols in apps which are supposed to be on Kerberos. > > * Maybe also check that DNS lookups Kerberos depends on for DC location are > responding fast with reasonable TTL. > > Amos >