I resolved my problem excluding authentication to windowsupdate sites. This is my access-list:
acl microsoft1 url_regex -i c.microsoft.com acl microsoft2 url_regex -i download.microsoft.com acl microsoft3 url_regex -i download.windowsupdate.com acl microsoft4 url_regex -i v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com acl microsoft5 url_regex -i v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com acl microsoft6 url_regex -i windowsupdate.microsoft.com acl microsoft7 url_regex -i www.download.windowsupdate.com acl microsoft8 url_regex -i www.windowsupdate.com http_access allow microsoft1 http_access allow microsoft2 http_access allow microsoft3 http_access allow microsoft4 http_access allow microsoft5 http_access allow microsoft6 http_access allow microsoft7 http_access allow microsoft8 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vampiri Davide" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 8:42 AM Subject: [squid-users] Windowsupdate hangs! > Hello, my problem is not that windowsupdate navigation is extremely slow > (yes it is) but i can't download windowsupdate patches using my squid > proxy. The download never start. The last line i see in my access.log is: > > 1096958155.591 99956 10.8.6.113 TCP_MISS/200 4730 CONNECT > v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com:443 mydomain\myuser DIRECT/207.46.253.124 - > > I use no_cache and always_direct directives for windowsupdate site. I also > noticed something strange. I have two squid proxy. I use in my .pac file the > instruction: > > return "PROXY myproxy1 3128;PROXY myproxy2:3128" > > So that if proxy1 doesn't reply, proxy2 will. But even if both reply > windowsupdate process uses both proxy. And continues to use them even if i > tell my browser not to use any proxy!! > > do you have any ideas? >