[CentOS] squid stops working several times a day

[Morten Torstensen]

Alexander Farber wrote:
>> Sadly, CentOS squid packages are quite old.
>> Squid recent releases are: 2.7.STABLE5 and 3.0.STABLE12...
> 
> this explains, why OpenBSD+Squid worked well for us
> at the same server - I guess OpenBSD's Squid package
> is better maintained.

Except you cannot really say, just based on the version. Since CentOS is 
an enterprise distro there will be backported patches that is not 
indicated in the version of the package itself.

Backported patches will typically only relate to security and stability 
problems.

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//Morten