<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Squid configuration question]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I forget how good pfSense is, and how easy it is.</p>
<p dir="auto">Setting up Squid (+ MinM SSL) works with a few clicks - install a root cert from the CA, perfect.</p>
<p dir="auto">I was wondering if i can improve the cache efficiency, i have an application which downloads large binary - unique one-time only files, and these are 99% filling the cache.</p>
<p dir="auto">They always have a *.bin extension and i would normally add something like</p>
<pre><code>acl filecachetype urlpath_regex \.bin
cache deny !filecachetype
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">to squid.conf - but i don't see an obvious place in the pfSense GUI to achieve this.</p>
<p dir="auto">I could<br />
a) don't worry and live with a 1% hit rate<br />
b) edit squid.conf - each time an upgrade etc occurs.</p>
<p dir="auto">but neither is that elegant.</p>
<p dir="auto">edit: the application also downloads and gets good hits from the same site, so not caching the sites / IPs is not what i would need.</p>
<p dir="auto">I don't have control of the web-server generating these so setting something server side is possible, but not probable.</p>
<p dir="auto">Any suggestions?</p>
<p dir="auto">Thank you.</p>
<p dir="auto">Edit2: I have just noticed the Advanced options (after upgrading tio 2.3.1 - this may be exactly what i need - i'll report back later.</p>
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