Re: What if Squid goes down?

On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Chuck Pitre wrote:

> Hi, I work for an ISP and we are are about to setup SQUID as our PROXY
> server. Now the proxy is fairly important for web surfing; if it
> goes down, web surfing as a whole goes down unless users know how to
> change their web settings to get out of proxy mode (not likely).
>
> This is where I get stuck... If SQUID goes down, how do I notify 4 000 +
> browsers that are on-line using the proxy, not to use it :) I have heard
> of people using Jscripts... mind you I have never gotten an example of
> one, so I'm not sure exactly how that works....
>
> What are other poeple out there doing to avoid this kind of problem.
Styart quid with Runcache &, it checks for a running squid, and if it is
not running, it starts it up again

>
>
> Chuck Pitre chuck@vianet.on.ca
> ViaNet Internet Solutions Technical Consultant
> 128 Larch Street ph: 675-0400
> P3E 5J8 fax: 675-0404
> >--------------------------------------------------<
>
> Windows95: <win-doz-nin-te-fiv> n. 32 bit extensions
> and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8
> bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit
> microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that
> can't stand 1 bit of competition.
>
>
>

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