Thanks for the reply. I have been denying access using cache_peer_access deny rather than 'http_access deny'. cache_peer_access test allow sites_test allowable cache_peer_access test allow sites_test othersallowed cache_peer_access test deny publicall Should I be switching to http_access rather than cache_peer_access? -- Paul Ch sima_yi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Tue, Nov 20, 2012, at 08:50 AM, Amos Jeffries wrote: > On 20/11/2012 6:13 p.m., Paul Ch wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a few websites behind a squid reverse proxy server. > > These servers are shutdown outside of business hours. During this time, > > squid displays the 'ERR_CANNOT_FORWARD' message which we have modified > > to display a friendly error message 'We are running between 9am - 5pm). > > > > The problem is, this take approximately 80 seconds. We would like to > > change this to 20 seconds. > > > > How would we go about doing this? > > With access controls to deny permission based on time of day. > > acl serviceHours time 09:00-17:00 > http_access deny !serviceHours > deny_info ERR_CANNOT_FORWARD noService > > Note that you ame the template to be displayed. So no need to alter > CANNOT_FORWARD. You can create a custom one of your own and place it in > the Squid errors /templates directory. > > Amos -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web
