RE: [squid-users] Problems with sites that use sessions

> I had a similar problem for one of our sites. Looks like you are behind a
> firewall. Read and try a combination of
>
> never_direct
> always_direct
>
> parameters to get to your sites without timing out.
>

Wouldn't I then have to build a list of *all* websites that use source IP as
session identifiers?

How does the always_direct work? I presume it doesn't build a tunnel for the
client to host communications? In which case I'd have the same problem :(

> Faisal
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Bryant [mailto:list@everywhereinternet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:51 AM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: [squid-users] Problems with sites that use sessions
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a few issues with sites that use sessions going through our
> squid
> (2.5.STABLE3).
>
> Basically all works well until a session gets set and then the site will
> come up with a "Your Session has timed out" type message, irrelevant from
> the type of site being used. It doesn't always happen but I'd say it's
> more
> often than not. However, un-setting the proxy in the browser seems to
> resolve the issue every time. For an example that doesn't require a login,
> check out www.lastminute.com.au
>
> Has anyone experienced anything similar? Can anyone give me any clues as
> to
> what I can look at in the config?
>
> TIA
>
> N
>
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Received on Wed Aug 24 2005 - 18:41:11 MDT