Re: [squid-users] squid not parsing URLs

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Rolf wrote:

> but the most common type is where a url contains a question mark prior
> to some further part of the url
>
> What happens is that squid comes back and says 'connection refused'
> quoting the url only up to the question mark.
>
> An example. If I go to this site http://www.osnews.com it loads fine,
> then I click on this link
> /http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=3D8343
>
> squid returns:
>
> While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?
>
> The following error was encountered:
> Connection Failed
>
> The system returned:
> (111) Connection refused

Probably the following applies:

Squid FAQ 4.8 How do I configure Squid to work behind a firewall?
<url:http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-4.html#ss4.8>

You did not mention having a parent proxy firewall, but the symptoms you
describe is typical for this situation when Squid is not told about the
little detail that it is firewalled and can not reach the Internet
directly.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Tue Sep 21 2004 - 00:03:47 MDT