2025-12-29

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+&lt;div&nbsp;dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hey&nbsp;Dave,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&nbsp;can&nbsp;try&nbsp;to&nbsp;help&nbsp;you,&nbsp;however,&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;to&nbsp;many&nbsp;unknowns&nbsp;in&nbsp;your&nbsp;situation&nbsp;to&nbsp;understand&nbsp;what&nbsp;to&nbsp;recommend&nbsp;in&nbsp;your&nbsp;case.&lt;br&gt;I&nbsp;would&nbsp;start&nbsp;with&nbsp;what&nbsp;linux&nbsp;Distribution&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;using&nbsp;in&nbsp;your&nbsp;setup.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Also,&nbsp;it&#39;s&nbsp;important&nbsp;to&nbsp;understand&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;using&nbsp;a&nbsp;VM&nbsp;or&nbsp;a&nbsp;container.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another&nbsp;aspect&nbsp;is,&nbsp;what&nbsp;is&nbsp;your&nbsp;actual&nbsp;use&nbsp;case?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What&nbsp;do&nbsp;you&nbsp;mean&nbsp;by&nbsp;POS?&nbsp;Point&nbsp;Of&nbsp;Sale?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Did&nbsp;you&nbsp;self&nbsp;compiled&nbsp;Squid&nbsp;or&nbsp;used&nbsp;a&nbsp;packaged&nbsp;version?&lt;br&gt;What&nbsp;is&nbsp;your&nbsp;&quot;squid&nbsp;-v&quot;&nbsp;output?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;From&nbsp;my&nbsp;experience I&nbsp;can&nbsp;recommend on&nbsp;a&nbsp;specific&nbsp;distribution for&nbsp;specific&nbsp;use&nbsp;cases.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These&nbsp;days&nbsp;I&nbsp;can&nbsp;say&nbsp;that&nbsp;it&#39;s&nbsp;very&nbsp;easy&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;RedHat&nbsp;based&nbsp;OS&nbsp;ie&nbsp;Rocky&nbsp;or&nbsp;Alma,&nbsp;however,&nbsp;it&#39;s&nbsp;much&nbsp;easier&nbsp;to&nbsp;install&nbsp;Alpine&nbsp;linux&nbsp;(currently&nbsp;3.23)&nbsp;and&nbsp;on&nbsp;top&nbsp;of&nbsp;it&nbsp;squid.&lt;br&gt;For&nbsp;most&nbsp;use&nbsp;cases&nbsp;and&nbsp;for&nbsp;most&nbsp;ease&nbsp;of&nbsp;management&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;recommending&nbsp;RedHat&nbsp;based&nbsp;and&nbsp;not&nbsp;Debian&nbsp;based.&lt;br&gt;From&nbsp;my&nbsp;eyes&nbsp;RedHat&nbsp;based&nbsp;OSes&nbsp;are&nbsp;more&nbsp;professional&nbsp;then&nbsp;many&nbsp;others,&nbsp;however,&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;more&nbsp;advanced&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;admins&nbsp;Alpine&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;pretty&nbsp;easy&nbsp;to&nbsp;handle&nbsp;for&nbsp;specific&nbsp;tasks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please&nbsp;feel&nbsp;to&nbsp;contact&nbsp;me&nbsp;on&nbsp;and&nbsp;off&nbsp;list.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yours,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;----&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Eliezer&nbsp;Croitoru&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;+972-528704261&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&nbsp;href=&quot;mailto:[email protected]&quot;&gt;[email protected]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&nbsp;dir=&quot;rtl&quot;&nbsp;class=&quot;gmail_signature&quot;&nbsp;data-smartmail=&quot;gmail_signature&quot;&gt;&lt;div&nbsp;dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;div&nbsp;dir=&quot;rtl&quot;&nbsp;style=&quot;color:rgb(34,34,34)&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&nbsp;class=&quot;gmail_quote&nbsp;gmail_quote_container&quot;&gt;&lt;div&nbsp;dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&nbsp;class=&quot;gmail_attr&quot;&gt;On&nbsp;Thu,&nbsp;Dec&nbsp;25,&nbsp;2025&nbsp;at&nbsp;11:33 AM&nbsp;Dave&nbsp;Blanchard&nbsp;&lt;&lt;a&nbsp;href=&quot;mailto:[email protected]&quot;&gt;[email protected]&lt;/a&gt;&gt;&nbsp;wrote:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&nbsp;class=&quot;gmail_quote&quot;&nbsp;style=&quot;margin:0px&nbsp;0px&nbsp;0px&nbsp;0.8ex;border-left:1px&nbsp;solid&nbsp;rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex&quot;&gt;I&nbsp;was&nbsp;using&nbsp;Apache&nbsp;Trafficserver&nbsp;before&nbsp;switching&nbsp;to&nbsp;Squid&nbsp;because&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;time&nbsp;it&nbsp;didn&#39;t&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;certain&nbsp;feature.&nbsp;Otherwise&nbsp;it&nbsp;worked&nbsp;fine.&nbsp;Worked&nbsp;better&nbsp;in&nbsp;fact,&nbsp;as&nbsp;it&nbsp;didn&#39;t&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;3&nbsp;second&nbsp;startup&nbsp;delay,&nbsp;require&nbsp;patching&nbsp;in&nbsp;order&nbsp;to&nbsp;enable&nbsp;fast&nbsp;exit/restart&nbsp;behavior,&nbsp;didn&#39;t&nbsp;flip&nbsp;out&nbsp;if&nbsp;the&nbsp;internet&nbsp;connection&nbsp;momentarily&nbsp;went&nbsp;down,&nbsp;etc.&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;<br>
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+Squid&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;hand&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;irritating,&nbsp;fiddly&nbsp;POS,&nbsp;just&nbsp;like&nbsp;most&nbsp;other&nbsp;crapware&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;world&nbsp;is,&nbsp;starting&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;kernel&nbsp;itself.&nbsp;(There&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;reason&nbsp;Linus&nbsp;refused&nbsp;to&nbsp;take&nbsp;charge&nbsp;over&nbsp;the&nbsp;whole&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;ecosystem--because&nbsp;he&nbsp;has&nbsp;no&nbsp;clue&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;design&nbsp;a&nbsp;proper&nbsp;user&nbsp;interface.&nbsp;See&nbsp;git,&nbsp;the&nbsp;kernel&nbsp;menuconfig,&nbsp;etc.)&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;<br>
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+Just&nbsp;went&nbsp;to&nbsp;start&nbsp;up&nbsp;Squid&nbsp;again&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;time&nbsp;im&nbsp;a&nbsp;while,&nbsp;and&nbsp;guess&nbsp;what,&nbsp;now&nbsp;the&nbsp;POS&nbsp;is&nbsp;giving&nbsp;&quot;permission&nbsp;denied&quot;&nbsp;trying&nbsp;to&nbsp;open&nbsp;the&nbsp;pthread&nbsp;library.&nbsp;Funny&nbsp;how&nbsp;no&nbsp;other&nbsp;application&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;entire&nbsp;system&nbsp;has&nbsp;a&nbsp;problem&nbsp;with&nbsp;this.&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;<br>
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+I&nbsp;sincerely&nbsp;regret&nbsp;the&nbsp;time&nbsp;I&nbsp;invested&nbsp;in&nbsp;tweaking&nbsp;and&nbsp;adjusting&nbsp;this&nbsp;Squid&nbsp;configuration.&nbsp;Should&nbsp;I&nbsp;spend&nbsp;hours&nbsp;trying&nbsp;to&nbsp;figuring&nbsp;out&nbsp;this&nbsp;latest&nbsp;idiotic&nbsp;bug,&nbsp;or&nbsp;just&nbsp;go&nbsp;back&nbsp;to&nbsp;Trafficserver?&nbsp;I&nbsp;think&nbsp;you&nbsp;know&nbsp;the&nbsp;answer.&nbsp;Goodbye&nbsp;Squid,&nbsp;and&nbsp;good&nbsp;riddance.&lt;br&gt;<br>
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