File README.SuSE of Package squid

This is Squid Version 2, a greatly enhanced new version
of the well known Squid proxy.

New features (included in the precompiled binaries) include:

  * SNMP Support
  * Support for the new HTCP (Hypertext Transfer Cache Protocol)
  * Support for delay pools (bandwidth usage restrictions)
  * New Redirector interface
  * External cache user authentication
  * better performance for large caches

Not included is support for cache digests, as digests cannot be disabled
at runtime and may interfere with some Proxy setups.

The directory /usr/share/doc/packages/squid/errors contains error
messages in different languages. Simply copy the desired language
files to /usr/share/squid/errors! The default installation is English.


Important changes since Squid 2.2:

Domain name matching:
  The function which checks for a match between a hostname and a
  domain name has been rewritten, and its behavior is now slightly
  different. Previously, the domain ``com'' would match the hostname
  ``foo.com'', but this is no longer the case. Now, if you must write
  ``.com'' to match ``foo.com''.
Removed dnsservers:
  In this version, DNS lookups are done by the main Squid process
  by default. 
Truncate vs unlink:
  In version 2.2 Squid truncated disk files (by default) instead
  of unlinking them. This caused some installations to run out
  of inodes on the cache disks. Even though truncate makes Squid
  a bit faster, we have made the default to use unlink again.

Look at http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.4/ for a full description


Have fun!