An administrator has configured Squid as a transparent proxy on a gateway. Clients can browse the web, but they notice that HTTPS sites are not being cached. The administrator wants to improve caching for HTTPS traffic. What is the most practical approach?

Configure Squid to perform SSL bumping to intercept and decrypt HTTPS traffic.

Use the 'cache_peer' directive to forward HTTPS traffic to a caching peer.

Accept that HTTPS traffic cannot be cached and focus on caching HTTP traffic.

Redirect HTTPS traffic to Squid using iptables and configure 'http_port 3128 intercept'.

A company wants to use Squid with external authentication against an existing LDAP server. They have configured the 'auth_param' directive to use an external helper. However, when a user attempts to connect, authentication fails. The administrator checks the cache.log and sees an error indicating the helper program cannot be executed. What is the most likely cause?

The 'auth_param' directive is missing the 'children' option.

The LDAP server is unreachable.

The helper program does not have the execute permission set.

The 'http_access' rules do not include the 'proxy_auth' ACL.

A new Squid server has been installed and the administrator has configured the basic settings. However, when they try to start the service, it fails. The administrator runs 'squid -k parse' and receives an error about an invalid ACL. What is the most likely cause?

The ACL is using a CIDR notation that is not supported.

The ACL is defined after it is used in an http_access rule.

The ACL type is misspelled, such as 'src' instead of 'src'.

The ACL name contains a hyphen, which is not allowed in Squid ACL names.

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208.3 Implementing Squid as a Caching Proxy (weight: 2) LPIC-2 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Topic 208: HTTP Services domain, which makes up ~11% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~4–7 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 25 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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21foundation · easy
Which directive in squid.conf limits the number of simultaneous connections from a single client?
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22application · medium
An administrator has configured Squid as a transparent proxy on a gateway. Clients can browse the web, but they notice that HTTPS sites are not being cached. The administrator wants to improve caching for HTTPS traffic. What is the most practical approach?
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23foundation · easy
Which directive in squid.conf defines the location and size of the disk cache?
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24application · medium
A company wants to use Squid with external authentication against an existing LDAP server. They have configured the 'auth_param' directive to use an external helper. However, when a user attempts to connect, authentication fails. The administrator checks the cache.log and sees an error indicating the helper program cannot be executed. What is the most likely cause?
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25application · medium
A new Squid server has been installed and the administrator has configured the basic settings. However, when they try to start the service, it fails. The administrator runs 'squid -k parse' and receives an error about an invalid ACL. What is the most likely cause?
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208.3 Implementing Squid as a Caching Proxy (weight: 2) LPIC-2 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

Which directive in squid.conf limits the number of simultaneous connections from a single client?

An administrator has configured Squid as a transparent proxy on a gateway. Clients can browse the web, but they notice that HTTPS sites are not being cached. The administrator wants to improve caching for HTTPS traffic. What is the most practical approach?

Which directive in squid.conf defines the location and size of the disk cache?

A new Squid server has been installed and the administrator has configured the basic settings. However, when they try to start the service, it fails. The administrator runs 'squid -k parse' and receives an error about an invalid ACL. What is the most likely cause?

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