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    • Q
      quetzalcoatl
      last edited by

      I always use the latest snapshot, install new 64 bit snapshot every week during the night when no client of mine browses the internet.

      I also install squid 3.3.5 package or whatever is the latest.

      I never install squidguard or any other package. The absolutely only package i have installed is squid 3.3.x

      Following marcello instructions i got some caching, but it's a ridiculous 1% byte hit ratio. Most of the windows updates are not cache anymore.(maybe they are stored into cache but not server, or not even stored at all).

      Also there are some pages that get updated daily and squid does not detect the update.

      www.filehippo.com  and  www.jalopnik.com  are 2 of the pages that i noticed that squid does not detect that they have been updated…..
      Sometimes even a week later squid is showing me the week old page, and both filehippo and jalopnik update daily.

      The only way to see those updated pages is turning the squid service off.

      There is an option with a checkbox that says "Enable offline mode" and i keep that off otherwise squid will never check tons of page updates.
      Enable offline mode is off in my squid.

      I always do have some custom refresh options in the "custom options" field.....but even if i leave that field empty, save and restart the whole pfsense machine, i never get a decent hit ratio or byte hit ratio.

      I don't even ask for youtube caching because i know it's hard and complicated, but at least some caching like before with ms windows updates, ms office updates, and exe files caching.

      I used to be able to download the winrar, winamp, VLC player and more files at 180 mb/s using older squids (when it was already downloaded once).

      Now with 3.3.x i never get the cached file, it always starts downloading again at 24kb/s........

      Am I the only one with this issue? what am i doing wrong?

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      • marcellocM
        marcelloc
        last edited by

        @quetzalcoatl:

        Am I the only one with this issue? what am i doing wrong?

        Did you disabled dynamic content? This behavior/issue happens when its enabled.

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          Nachtfalke
          last edited by

          Hi,

          are the "known bugs" on the very first post of this thread still persistent?

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          • marcellocM
            marcelloc
            last edited by

            @Nachtfalke:

            Hi,

            Are the "known bugs" on the very first post of this thread still persistent?

            Only antivirus integration, missing libs and enable ipv6 on 2.0.x.

            I can't  edit the first topic after one or two days, Maybe only moderators.

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              Deadringers
              last edited by

              Hi can anyone help with my issue detailed here:http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,63618.0.html

              Seems that when I try to use either proxy or transparent proxy it just doesn't pass any traffic? :(

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                quetzalcoatl
                last edited by

                I am keeping dynamic content caching always disabled because if I enable it i don't even get 1% byte hit ratio, it just goes to 0% hit ratio.

                Maybe i can post here the full squid config so you can see it and tell me where the issue is.

                I just don't know where and what squid config file i need to post.

                Since you told me to disable dynamic content caching i do get some hits but is ridiculous. It caches almost nothing and when it does, it will not update the page if changed serving always an offline like page.

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                  Nachtfalke
                  last edited by

                  Squid.conf is the important file.

                  Fürther check the pfsense docs for squid caching options like Windows updates. It should hell you to cache other things.

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                    quetzalcoatl
                    last edited by

                    Thank you Nachtfalke for the tip!
                    Actually thanks to this new "squid.conf" discover, from now on i will just copy and paste squid.conf content for every new installation instead of using the GUI.
                    So it's quicker to set squid up and not being afraid that i forgot some setting.

                    I wonder if there are other files than squid.conf that get changed when i setup squid from the GUI.
                    It says " Do not edit manually !" but it's so tempting and easy to edit manually. Can i go on and edit manually and save that file?
                    Hopefully someone can answer that.

                    Here i found squid.conf contents.
                    Seeing this config i hope you can tell me how to cache more stuff to get a decent hit ratio and avoid page updating issues:

                    squid.conf:

                    This file is automatically generated by pfSense

                    Do not edit manually !

                    http_port 10.0.0.10:3128
                    http_port 127.0.0.1:3128 intercept
                    icp_port 7
                    dns_v4_first on
                    pid_filename /var/run/squid.pid
                    cache_effective_user proxy
                    cache_effective_group proxy
                    error_default_language en
                    icon_directory /usr/pbi/squid-amd64/etc/squid/icons
                    visible_hostname localhost
                    cache_mgr admin@localhost
                    access_log /var/squid/logs/access.log
                    cache_log /var/squid/logs/cache.log
                    cache_store_log none

                    logfile_rotate 0
                    shutdown_lifetime 3 seconds

                    Allow local network(s) on interface(s)

                    acl localnet src  10.0.0.0/24
                    httpd_suppress_version_string on
                    uri_whitespace strip

                    acl dynamic urlpath_regex cgi-bin ?
                    cache deny dynamic

                    cache_mem 6000 MB
                    maximum_object_size_in_memory 16384 KB
                    memory_replacement_policy heap GDSF
                    cache_replacement_policy heap LFUDA
                    cache_dir aufs /var/squid/cache 50000 16 256
                    minimum_object_size 0 KB
                    maximum_object_size 900000 KB
                    offline_mode off
                    cache_swap_low 90
                    cache_swap_high 95
                    cache allow all

                    No redirector configured

                    #Remote proxies

                    Setup some default acls

                    From 3.2 further configuration cleanups have been done to make things easier and safer. The manager, localhost, and to_localhost ACL definitions are now built-in.

                    acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32

                    acl allsrc src all
                    acl safeports port 21 70 80 210 280 443 488 563 591 631 777 901 4080 3128 3127 1025-65535
                    acl sslports port 443 563 4080

                    From 3.2 further configuration cleanups have been done to make things easier and safer. The manager, localhost, and to_localhost ACL definitions are now built-in.

                    #acl manager proto cache_object

                    acl purge method PURGE
                    acl connect method CONNECT

                    Define protocols used for redirects

                    acl HTTP proto HTTP
                    acl HTTPS proto HTTPS
                    http_access allow manager localhost

                    http_access deny manager
                    http_access allow purge localhost
                    http_access deny purge
                    http_access deny !safeports
                    http_access deny CONNECT !sslports

                    Always allow localhost connections

                    From 3.2 further configuration cleanups have been done to make things easier and safer.

                    The manager, localhost, and to_localhost ACL definitions are now built-in.

                    http_access allow localhost

                    request_body_max_size 0 KB
                    delay_pools 1
                    delay_class 1 2
                    delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 -1/-1
                    delay_initial_bucket_level 100
                    delay_access 1 allow allsrc

                    Reverse Proxy settings

                    Custom options

                    refresh_pattern -i .(3g2|3gp|asf|asx|avi|divx|flv|iff|ifo|m3u|m4a|m4v|mov|mpa|mpeg|mpe|qt|qtm|viv|mpg|ogg|rm|rmvb|scr|swf|vob|wmv|x-flv|xvid)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(aif|aiff|amr|cda|mid|wav|wma|midi|au|ram|ra|snd|mp2|mp3|mp4)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(3dm|ai|ani|art|bmp|cdr|cdt|cmf|cur|drw|dwg|dxf|eps|eps2|gif|icl|icm|ico|indd|jpeg|jpg|jpe|max|pct|pcx|png)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(ps|psd|psp|qxd|qxp|rels|svg|tga|thm|tif|tiff|wmf|wrl|xbm|xcf|xif|yuv|pnm|pbm|pgm|ppm|rgb|xpm|xwd|pic|pict)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(accdb|bfc|cbr|chm|csv|db|dbf|doc|docx|dot|hlp|kml|Kmz|lab|log|mdb|msg|odt|ost|pages|pdb|pdf|pps|txt|ppt|pptx|pst|pub|rtf|wpd|wps|wri|xlr|xls|xlsx|xlt)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(app|bat|cmd|com|exe|gadget|msi|pif|vb|wsf|torrent)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(8bi|bin|cat|cpl|dbx|dll|drv|gam|hex|hqx|lnk|nes|plugin|reg|rom|sav|sys|xll)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(arj|sit|zip|rar|rgz|psf|lzh|lha|cab|tar|tgz|gz|Z|wp|wp5|7z|pkg|rpm|sea|sitx|tar.gz|zipx|prn|srf|tex|latax|gpf|upd|jar|bz2|gzip|ace|kf|a[0-9][0-9]|r[0-9][0-9])$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(fnt|fon|otf|ttf)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(dmg|iso|toast|vcd)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(api|bas|c|cbl|class|cpp|cs|dtd|fla|java|m|pl|py|vbx)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(bak|bup|cdl|cfg|dat|deb|dss|dvf|efx|emf|eml|gho|gpx|ini|key|keychain|m4b|m4p|mcd|mim|mswmm|ori|prf|ptb|qbb|qbw|raw|sdf|ses|sql|ss|tmp|uue|uxx|vcf|xml|xsl|xtm)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i .(ht|htm|html|shtml|xhtml|css|js|jsp|asp|cer|cgi|csr|part|php|phtml|rss)$ 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern ^gopher: 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern ^ftp: 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern . 99999 100% 9999999 override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-reload ignore-private reload-into-ims refresh-ims store-stale
                    refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|?)$ 0 0% 0

                    Setup allowed acls

                    Allow local network(s) on interface(s)

                    http_access allow localnet

                    Default block all to be sure

                    http_access deny allsrc

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                    • marcellocM
                      marcelloc
                      last edited by

                      @quetzalcoatl:

                      It says " Do not edit manually !" but it's so tempting and easy to edit manually. Can i go on and edit manually and save that file?
                      Hopefully someone can answer that.

                      You can do that if you do not install package via packages gui. remove squid package and add via console/ssh squid install via pkg_add.

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                      Help a community developer! ;D

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                        Nachtfalke
                        last edited by

                        As marcelloc said, if you do not use the package offered by the pfsense package manager you can do that.
                        But if you use squid with GUI then the squid.conf will be overwritten when pfsense reboot or if you click save on squid GUI or if squidguard or dansguardian restart squid.

                        Further you should have a look at this chapter when using refresh pattern:
                        http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Squid_Package_Tuning#Tweaking_Update_Caching_.2F_Squid_seems_to_download_on_its_own

                        Even if the titel is not exactly what you want you should inform about these options on the squid-cache.org wiki.

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                        • Q
                          quetzalcoatl
                          last edited by

                          I noticed that the semicolon ; at the end of the custom config is still used in that tutorial
                          but i saw somewhere that the ";" is not longer needed in the new pfsense/squid configs

                          Also i keep using the sign $ in custom config but the $ symbol does not appear in that tutorial…

                          Should i get rid of the $ symbol from all my custom lines?
                          Should i add the semicolon at the end of every custom config line?

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                            Nachtfalke
                            last edited by

                            The semicolon depends in what the GUI uses to separate different config lines.

                            In squid.conf it must be without semicolon.

                            The $ Defines that the regex must be on the end of the URL. You can use it but you do not need to.

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                              tester_02
                              last edited by

                              marcelloc.  I've been going through all the v3 threads for the last while and am trying to understand what the current status of the package is.

                              Seems like for 2.0.X we have to manually get some libs and then install dev package from front end.  Do we still have to manually fetch an update package from your personal repo?  Is there plans to move to a setup like squid where the updates are always published and we just reinstall the package from the gui?

                              For 2.1, we can do the same as above, but we just don't need to manually install the libs?

                              Maybe the dev's can sticky a thread and give marcelloc access to update post #1 in a thread and keep the latest status updated?  It's hard to follow the status of the package progress, unlike snort dev.

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                              • marcellocM
                                marcelloc
                                last edited by

                                If you enable ipv6 on pfsense 2.0.3 or use 2.1, all you need is to install package from gui and missing libs from my repo.

                                Antivirus integration is still not working.

                                SSL interception is working fine.

                                cache issues can get better folowing this doc
                                http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Squid_Package_Tuning#Tweaking_Update_Caching_.2F_Squid_seems_to_download_on_its_own

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                                Help a community developer! ;D

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                                  avp
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi, I had Squid and SquidGuard working for some time.  I recently noticed that it was no longer working, probably for months.  So I've uninstalled both packages.  Now I'm trying to use this Squid 3.3.4 pkg.  I appear to have Squid running correctly.  I've copied the libs from your repo.  I'm having a lot of trouble with SquidGuard.  I had it running, but it was blocking everything.  I had it running in the past, so I feel I am somewhat comfortable with the settings etc.  Now I can no longer get it running at all.  I get the msg 0/5 SG process started.  I know I haven't given much specifics here for your help, but I am wondering if there are any guidelines to try and get this pkg working with SG?

                                  In the bigger picture, I'm looking for Squid + SG + AV functionality, I don't mind if I have to use different pkgs if that is the recommendation?

                                  Also, it seems there are so many Squids, SGs in the pkg repo, and no foolproof instructions to get SG set up…

                                  Any advice much appreciated. Thanks.

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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    Use squid 3.3.5.

                                    Since squid 3.x squidguard is started on demand, ifyou have no traffic, tthen no squid guard daemon will be running.

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                                    Help a community developer! ;D

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                                      avp
                                      last edited by

                                      Ok, I am using your 3.3.5.

                                      I think I located some of my issue - Proxy server, Custom settings still had remnants from HAVP in there.  I think I have Squid + SG working correctly now.

                                      Should it be possible to get HAVP working with this Squid + SG?  Or do you think you will get your AV integration working sometime soon?  Can I help with this?

                                      Thanks very much…

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                                      • marcellocM
                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        @avp:

                                        Should it be possible to get HAVP working with this Squid + SG?

                                        Yes, havp is a proxy daemon, if you configure it as a parent for squid, it can work.

                                        Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                                        Help a community developer! ;D

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                                          ryan.low
                                          last edited by

                                          Good day, I had come across having problem with transparent proxy for both http and https to remote cache. It doesn't redirect to the other proxy server when I enabled both settings.

                                          It works perfectly fine without enable ssl transparent proxy.

                                          (opened a thread here. http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,64192.0.html)

                                          thanks. :)

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                                            Fehler20
                                            last edited by

                                            I'm not sure, if this is a bug or not:

                                            if I enter wrong code into the custom options box and save those options squid stops working (this is ok :))
                                            But if you remove the wrong options from the custom option field and hit save/restart squid manually, it still does not work. It seems, that if squid stops responding no changes are committed to the squid.conf file when you change some options in the webinterface. The system log still displays the wrong option line and says that there was no running copy found.

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