Re: [squid-users] documentation for --enable-forw-via-db

 On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:31:48 -0700 (PDT), david_at_lang.hm wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:01:05 -0700 (PDT), david_at_lang.hm wrote:
>>> I see this config option in 3.2, but searching for this string (or
>>> subsets of it) on the wiki isn't finding anything.
>>> what does this option do?
>>> David Lang
>>
>> "Enable forw/via database" :)
>>
>> The forw/via database stores a copy of every unique Via: and
>> X-Forwarded-For: header which passes through Squid, along with a count
>> of how many time it was seen. This gets reset/emptied on log rotate.
>>
>> The lists are viewable with the via_headers and forw_headers cache
>> manager reports. Current squid do not use the DB for anything.
>
> thanks, where should I have looked to find this in the
> documentation/wiki?

 I don't think it is documented. I had to read the code to figure out
 what was using the configure option.

 Amos
Received on Mon Mar 21 2011 - 02:33:44 MDT