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    • P
      pfsensation
      last edited by

      @saluto:

      @pfsensation:

      @Valeriy:

      Forget about video caching…
      Most video services push content via HTTPS, which we cannt cache.

      If you really need to have some video supplied to your users, then just download it and make is available via PLEX service, for instance or just regular network file system (SMB, NFS, etc.)

      Unless…You do MITM inspection.

      I do not know the MITM inspection.

      I'm currently having issues with it after the latest Squid update, unsure as to why. However, you can do MITM inspection by enabling SSL filtering and deploying out a CA certificate to your clients.

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        saluto
        last edited by

        Any update not refresh_pattern?

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          Valeriy
          last edited by

          Caching video is bad idea, thats all I can say :)

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            kikawala
            last edited by

            I have this for Apple iOS updates and iOS apps.

            refresh_pattern -i appldnld\.apple\.com 129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload ignore-no-store override-expire override-lastmod ignore-must-revalidate

refresh_pattern -i phobos\.apple\.com 129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload ignore-no-store override-expire override-lastmod ignore-must-revalidate

refresh_pattern -i iosapps\.itunes\.apple\.com 129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload ignore-no-store override-expire override-lastmod ignore-must-revalidate
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              aGeekhere
              last edited by

              Thanks updated

              Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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                waldopulanco
                last edited by

                how about youtube?

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                  pfsensation
                  last edited by

                  @kikawala:

                  I have this for Apple iOS updates and iOS apps.

                  refresh_pattern -i appldnld\.apple\.com 129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload ignore-no-store override-expire override-lastmod ignore-must-revalidate

refresh_pattern -i phobos\.apple\.com 129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload ignore-no-store override-expire override-lastmod ignore-must-revalidate

refresh_pattern -i iosapps\.itunes\.apple\.com 129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload ignore-no-store override-expire override-lastmod ignore-must-revalidate

                  Doesn't apple block MITM using certificate pinning? Since their app store is over HTTPS.

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                    PFsense Learner
                    last edited by

                    @Valeriy:

                    KOM was right, in fact it was not working properly. Also, the results of bare counting of MISSes/HITs from not fully populated cache was not good measurement. Right now, any windowsupdate downloaded file (even partial) is fetched from cache, verified manually and monitored in access.log.

                    Few days ago I have made some improvements to utilize store_rewrite module.
                    They were tested, as suggested above by KOM, successfully.

                    Indeed, some of WU were not cached properly since they were received from different CDN hosts.

                    Config files are below (squid.conf is only part that is related to this issue)

                    Apple and Symantec updates are cached well, too.

                    Steam/Xbox (cs.steampowered.com / llnwd.net respective CDN) are not confirmed yet.

                    The rest of refresh patterns and URL rewrites are still in experimental mode. Needs a lot of testing and research in order to make it done properly.

                    Attached is screenshot from Lightsquid, you can clearly see changes after 3rd of March.

                    P.S. Questions:

                    • not quite sure if I need to list all possible domains under acl dstdomain directive, or just first level domain will be good enough?

                    Comments:

                    • I have total 1.3TB of swap available and 32GB on server running Pfsense+Squid+SquidGuard+Snort+PfBlocker. Configuration is optimized for ~2000 hosts on LAN.

                    Current byte/hit rate is 20-45%

                    /usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf

                    
.......
# No range offset limit for windowsupdate sites
acl Windows_Update dstdomain windowsupdate.microsoft.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain update.microsoft.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain download.windowsupdate.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain windowsupdate.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain au.download.windowsupdate.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain bg.v4.pr.dl.ws.microsoft.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain wsus.ds.download.windowsupdate.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain au.b1.download.windowsupdate.com
range_offset_limit -1  Windows_Update

# Storeid_rewrite configuration

acl updatesites dstdom_regex "/usr/local/etc/squid/updatesites.txt"

store_id_access allow updatesites
store_id_access deny all
store_id_program /usr/local/libexec/squid/storeid_file_rewrite /usr/local/etc/squid/storeid_rewrite.conf
store_id_children 200 startup=60 idle=1 concurrency=0

# Refresh patterns
# 525600 min is one year

# Gaming CDN

refresh_pattern -i \.llnwd.net 525600 100% 525600 reload-into-ims ignore-reload override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-private ignore-auth

refresh_pattern -i \.cs.steampowered.com 525600 100% 525600 reload-into-ims ignore-reload override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-private ignore-auth

#windows update

refresh_pattern -i \.update.microsoft.com/.*\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|[ap]sf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip) 525600 100% 525600 reload-into-ims ignore-reload override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-private ignore-auth

refresh_pattern -i \.windowsupdate.com/.*\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|[ap]sf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip) 525600 100% 525600 reload-into-ims ignore-reload override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-private ignore-auth

refresh_pattern -i \.download.microsoft.com/.*\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|[ap]sf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip) 525600 100% 525600 reload-into-ims ignore-reload override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-private ignore-auth

refresh_pattern -i \.ws.microsoft.com/.*\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|[ap]sf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip) 525600 100% 525600 reload-into-ims ignore-reload override-expire override-lastmod ignore-no-store ignore-private ignore-auth

# Symantec Updates
# Only reload-into-ims works properly, other flags break update process 

refresh_pattern -i \.symantecliveupdate.com/.*\.(zip|exe|z7)          525600 100% 525600 reload-into-ims

                    /usr/local/etc/squid/updatesites.txt

                    
\.adobe.com
\.java.com
\.sun.com
\.oracle.com
\.apple.com
\.microsoft.com
\.windowsupdate.com
\.ubuntu.com
\.steampowered.com
\.llnwd.net
\.symantecliveupdate.com

                    /usr/local/etc/squid/storeid_rewrite.conf

                    
^http:\/\/.+?\.microsoft\.com\/.+?_([0-9a-z]{40})\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|asf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip|psf|appx)     http://wupdate.squid.local/$1
^http:\/\/.+?\.windowsupdate\.com\/.+?_([0-9a-z]{40})\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|asf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip|psf|appx) http://wupdate.squid.local/$1
^http:\/\/.+?\.cs\.steampowered\.com\/(.*)      http://steamupdates.squid.internal/$1
^http:\/\/.+?\.apple\.com\/(.*) http://appupdates.apple.squid.internal/$1
^http:\/\/.+?\.llnwd\.net\/(.*)                 http://llnwd.net.squid.internal/$1

                    Regards,

                    Valeriy

                    May I know.
                    1. Is it just copy CODE in Table 1(/usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf) and paste to "Custom refresh_patterns" of squid on Pfsense ? Or any other changes need on Table 1.
                    2. How useful Table 2(/usr/local/etc/squid/updatesites.txt ) and Table 3(/usr/local/etc/squid/storeid_rewrite.conf)? Need to insert these tables on Table 1? If needed, guide me pls(I am Beginner)
                    My aim is to get steam update cache(dota2)

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                      kikawala
                      last edited by

                      @pfsensation:

                      @kikawala:

                      I have this for Apple iOS updates and iOS apps.

                      refresh_pattern -i appldnld\.apple\.com 129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload ignore-no-store override-expire override-lastmod ignore-must-revalidate

refresh_pattern -i phobos\.apple\.com 129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload ignore-no-store override-expire override-lastmod ignore-must-revalidate

refresh_pattern -i iosapps\.itunes\.apple\.com 129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload ignore-no-store override-expire override-lastmod ignore-must-revalidate

                      Doesn't apple block MITM using certificate pinning? Since their app store is over HTTPS.

                      Apps and iOS updates are over HTTP

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                        trinitech
                        last edited by

                        Hi,

                        Sorry for the stupid question..
                        But where does the following code goes:

                        #new refresh patterns 3
acl Windows_Update dstdomain windowsupdate.microsoft.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain .update.microsoft.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain download.windowsupdate.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain www.download.windowsupdate.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain au.download.windowsupdate.com
acl Windows_Update dstdomain bg.v4.pr.dl.ws.microsoft.com

                        Does it go to the ACLs tab?
                        Is it white list or does it go in local cache -> Custom refresh_patterns

                        Thank you

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                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          @trinitech:

                          Is it white list or does it go in local cache -> Custom refresh_patterns

                          Custom refresh_patterns

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                          Help a community developer! ;D

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                            saluto
                            last edited by

                            Any refresh for videos in http?

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                              aGeekhere
                              last edited by

                              (@saluto:

                              Any refresh for videos in http?

                              No, although refresh patterns are not my strong point

                              Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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                                erviesuarez
                                last edited by

                                do i just need to copy this codes and paste it into my custom pattern_refresh box? soory im a newbie here.

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                                  aGeekhere
                                  last edited by

                                  Yes, did it improve your hit rate?

                                  Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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                                    remzej
                                    last edited by

                                    @Valeriy:

                                    Two invalid expressions.
                                    Somebody can fix them?

                                    /usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf line 52: refresh_pattern -i .(rar|jar|gz|tgz|tar|bz2|iso|m1v|m2(v|p)|mo(d|v)|(x-|)flv) 129600 100% 129600 ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store ignore-private override-expire override-lastmod reload-into-ims ignore-reload
                                    refreshAddToList: Invalid regular expression '.(rar|jar|gz|tgz|tar|bz2|iso|m1v|m2(v|p)|mo(d|v)|(x-|)flv)': empty (sub)expression

                                    _  kid1| /usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf line 136: refresh_pattern -i ^http://(khm?)([^/]?).google.(de|com)    129600 100% 129600 ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store ignore-private override-expire override-lastmod reload-into-ims ignore-reload
                                    refreshAddToList: Invalid regular expression '^http://(khm?)([^/]                                    ?).google.(de|com)': repetition-operator operand invalid_

                                    I just change it to ^http://(khm?)([^/]?).google.(de|com) by removing the *

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                                      aGeekhere
                                      last edited by

                                      So replace

                                      refresh_pattern -i ^http://(khm?)([^/]*?).google.(de|com)    129600 100% 129600 ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store ignore-private override-expire override-lastmod reload-into-ims ignore-reload
                                      with ?
                                      refresh_pattern -i ^http://(khm?)([^/]?).google.(de|com)    129600 100% 129600 ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store ignore-private override-expire override-lastmod reload-into-ims ignore-reload

                                      replace
                                      refresh_pattern -i .(rar|jar|gz|tgz|tar|bz2|iso|m1v|m2(v|p)|mo(d|v)|(x-|)flv) 129600 100% 129600 ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store ignore-private override-expire override-lastmod reload-into-ims ignore-reload

                                      with ?

                                      refresh_pattern -i .(rar|jar|gz|tgz|tar|bz2|iso|m1v|m2(v|p)|mo(d|v)|flv) 129600 100% 129600 ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store ignore-private override-expire override-lastmod reload-into-ims ignore-reload

                                      Can someone confirm the changes are correct.

                                      Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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                                        brianc69
                                        last edited by

                                        Facebook is a heavy traffic site for me which I could probably benefit from caching. I'm curious what the ip is?

                                        #images facebook
                                        refresh_pattern ((facebook.com)|(85.131.151.39))..(jpg|png|gif) 129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload override-expire ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store
                                        refresh_pattern -i .fbcdn.net.                                        .(jpg|gif|png|swf|mp3)          129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload override-expire ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store
                                        refresh_pattern static.ak.fbcdn.net*.(jpg|gif|png)            129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload override-expire ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store
                                        refresh_pattern ^http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net*.(jpg|gif|png)  129600 100% 129600 ignore-reload override-expire ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store

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                                          aGeekhere
                                          last edited by

                                          Just a question has anyone found an Improvement in there hit rate using this custom refresh pattern?

                                          I wounder if there is a simple refresh_pattern * that sates cache all instead of defining all these file types and domains.

                                          Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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                                            Valeriy
                                            last edited by

                                            A simple refresh pattern will break HTTP heavily.
                                            You  can increase number of minutes in default pattern and see yourself.

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