Re: [squid-users] Numerical URL problem...

This isn't a feature to be disabled or enabled via squid.conf.

What sort of "access denied" error do you get? Is it a squid error page
or a "friendly" error from Internet explorer/netscape? If you are using
internet explorer please try turning off friendly error messages in the
advanced configuration options.

If it's a squid error page, please copy the error and mail it to the
list. If it's an internet explorer error page you may be encountering a
bug with squid.

I do see a problem _with my setup here_ (Note I am running bleeding edge
unstable software and thus my test may not be indicitative for your
environment).

testing (the client program is very very useful!)
$ /usr/local/squid/bin/client.exe -p 8080
http://www.parliament.gov.za/Documents/programm
es/36959376284722222222.htm
==
HTTP/1.0 302 Moved Temporarily
Server: Microsoft-IIS/4.0
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:48:25 GMT
Location: /Documents/programmes/36959376284722222222.htm?wfx2=lh2hj34l8s
X-Cache: MISS from lifelesswks.local
X-Cache: MISS from 192.168.0.2
Proxy-Connection: close

==
It's a recommendation from the WWW org that the 302 message have a body
explaining how to access the new location for legacy browsers. Your
browser should re-request the new location automatically. I am using a
much newer version of squid than you are, and I don't know everything
that's changed. It is possible that you have hit a previously unknown
bug with squid not closing the connection properly when there is no body
in a 302 response.

This would cause internet explorer to "hang" and then eventually return
a locally generated error of some sort.

Get back to me about the actual error page, and we'll take it from
there,

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hennie Rautenbach" <hennie@sabinet.co.za>
To: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>; <rosalind@sabinet.co.za>;
<hilda@sabinet.co.za>; <marco@sabinet.co.za>; <sarel@sabinet.co.za>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:32 PM
Subject: [squid-users] Numerical URL problem...

> Hi there,
>
> I have recently installed and configured squid cache
(squid-2.3.STABLE4)
> on a HP running HP-UX 10.20. It appears to be working fine. I have a
> problem which I hope the experienced users can help me with.
>
> I get "access denied" when trying to access websites with long
numerical
> strings in the URL. eg.
>
>
http://www.parliament.gov.za/Documents/programmes/36959376284722222222.h
tm
>
> http://www.sblunisa.ac.za/__422566280039467e.nsf/Pages/Programmes?
>
> Where, and how, do I disable this feature in the "squid.conf" file ?
>
> Any help or information much appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Hennie
>
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 13 2001 - 05:06:19 MST