Re: [squid-users] transparent proxy problem using debian

I think my implementation is slightly different. Instead of just
hijacking and redirection from router to squid boxes, we have a load
balancer in front of the squid boxes.

Does anyone has this kind of implementation? does it work with request
without Host header?

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

> Wei Keong wrote:
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, my transparent proxy will only work if the
> > request has host header...
> >
> > telnet www.yahoo.com 80
> > GET / HTTP/1.0
> > HOST www.yahoo.com
> >
> > Is it because i turn on the httpd_accel_uses_host_header?
>
>
> A correcly set up transparent proxy will work both with and without a
> Host header, as Squid then known how to ask the kernel for the intended
> destination IP address.
>
> A incorrecly set up transparent proxy will only work with a Host header.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
Received on Wed Jan 08 2003 - 03:31:59 MST