Re: [squid-users] Squid + Web Accelerator

Wei Keong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are exploring the possibility of using web accelerator to speed up
> internet access, using squid as access control. Our test shows that
> squid is able to forward request to the accelerator, which uses http
> 1.1 for compression, persistance and pipelining.
>
> | browser | <---> | squid | <---> | accelerator | <---> internet
>
> This setup seems fine, except we notice that certain webpages with
> "Refresh" meta tag could not be displayed in IE (http 1.1 & http 1.1
> through proxy checked).
>
> We suspect the problem is caused by the http 1.0 & 1.1 protocol.
> Anybody can help to explain this behaviour?

And what do think is wrong with the HTTP 1.0 or 1.1 protocols? I think
you're jumping to a conclusion without proper investigation.

Make sure each proxy (Squid and accelerator) works correctly on their
own, first. Also keep in mind that most 'accelerators' are horrible
hacks that do not obey the HTTP protocol spec very thoroughly--if
something is broken, I would suspect the accelerator is broken.

Try to narrow down your problem to one specific set of variables...right
now, you've got a whole lot of places for problems to happen.

-- 
Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com>
Web caching appliances and support.
http://www.swelltech.com