Re: [squid-users] Problems while connecting to yahoo webmail service

As far as I recall, squid is an HTTP proxy and not an HTTPS proxy (can
not be cached... and could only operate as a Man in the Middle). Allow
FORWARD HTTPS requests through your firewall.

Kind Regards
Etienne

Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote:
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> Mernoz,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion but rebooting is not working in my case.
>
> I would say that it's a problem while accessing secure sites of yahoo
> and some other sites like webmail.earthlink.net
>
> Can somebody shed some light on this issue?
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:49:39 +0200
> "Mernoz Rostangi" <mi007@emilmoz.com> wrote:
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>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I do get a similar problem ! But for me it says: connection refused !
>>
>> I did restart the server (complete reboot) and until now it is
>> working fine.
>>
>> :-)
>> ./m
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Tek Bahadur Limbu
>> [mailto:teklimbu@wlink.com.np]
>> To: squid-users
>> [mailto:squid-users@squid-cache.org]
>> Sent: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:30:57
>> +0200
>> Subject: [squid-users] Problems while connecting to yahoo webmail
>> service
>>
>>
>>
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>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I am getting the following error while connecting to: mail.yahoo.com
>>>
>>> The surprising part is that some of my proxy servers can connect to
>>> this site while some can't.
>>>
>>> I am very puzzled why this is happening. The web browsers shows the
>>> following error:
>>>
>>> While trying to retrieve the URL:
>>> http://us.f572.mail.yahoo.com/ym/login?
>>>
>>> The following error was encountered:
>>>
>>> * Connection Failed
>>>
>>> The system returned:
>>>
>>> (60) Operation timed out
>>>
>>> The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request
>>> again.
>>>
>>>
>>> Access.log shows:
>>>
>>> [22/Nov/2006:14:06:48 +0545] "GET http://mail.yahoo.com/ HTTP/1.1"
>>> 302 576 TCP_MISS:DIRECT
>>>
>>> Cache.log doesn't seem to show any entries regarding the above
>>> site.
>>>
>>>
>>> If I put https://mail.yahoo.com, I get the following
>>>
>>> [22/Nov/2006:14:10:54 +0545] "CONNECT mail.yahoo.com:443 HTTP/1.1"
>>> 200 5569 TCP_MISS:DIRECT
>>>
>>> But still, I can't connect to yahoo's email service page.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you want more debug information, I can send it.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Note: All my proxy servers are running Squid-2.5 on FreeBSD.
>>>
>>> - --
>>>
>>>
>>> With best regards and good wishes,
>>>
>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>
>>> Tek Bahadur Limbu
>>>
>>> (TAG/TDG Group)
>>> Jwl Systems Department
>>>
>>> Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
>>>
>>> Jawalakhel, Nepal
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> - --
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>
> With best regards and good wishes,
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Tek Bahadur Limbu
>
> (TAG/TDG Group)
> Jwl Systems Department
>
> Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
>
> Jawalakhel, Nepal
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