Thanks Amos! that worked. 

Swaroop




----- Original Message -----
From: Amos Jeffries <squ...@treenet.co.nz>
To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
Cc: 
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] https requests not forwarding from child to  parent 
in hierarchy

On 21.11.2012 11:59, Swaroop Shere wrote:
> Hi,
>    I am trying to setup a hierarchy of proxy servers (using squid 2.7
> stable) where one child is connected to two parents. The child
> forwards requests to the parents in a round robin fashion. Now this
> setup seems to be working for http requests, but doesnt work for https
> requests. I see CONNECT requests going from child to the destination
> for https requests instead of to parents. What am I missing? Heres my
> settings for the child.
> 
> cache_peer abc.com parent 3128 3130 no-query round-robin
> cache_peer pqr.com parent 3128 3130 no-query round-robin
> 
> Let me know if i should post some more relevant information. Thanks!
> 
> Swaroop

CONNECT is a request to open a tunnel. Squid try service any request they can 
as quickly as possible, rather that relaying the requests through another hop 
which *will* add more lag. This DIRECT behaviour is sort of like a HIT for 
CONNECT requests - the same goes for ftp:// and gopher:// traffic.

You can make Squid ignore these special types of requests and (possibly) pass 
them to peers using this directive:
  http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/nonhierarchical_direct/

Amos

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