Re: hierarchy_stoplist & always_direct

Peter Polkinghorne wrote:

> I can not see the difference in effect between hierachy_stoplist and
> always_direct

hierarchy_stoplist is a softer than always_direct.

If never_direct is allow, then always_direct overrides this goes direct
but hierarchy_stoplist tries to find a parent where it can forward the
request.

The idea is that hierarcy_stoplist should match those requests that are
most unlikely to be uncachable, to allow Squid to quickly select the
closest possible path on those requests.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker