Re: [squid-users] Is is safe to use the reply_body_max_size on client side?

> Thanks for the reply Amos!
>
> So you are saying that it would still download
> X-bytes, but firefox wont know that it is cut.
> I guess that is fine as long as firefox doesn't hang
> waiting for some termination signal.

It's probably okay for browsers like FFx, IE, etc. They have logics to
detect short files.
It's child proxy caches and some other softwares that have the bigger
issues. I know SpyBot Search&Destroy and AVG for one can't handle any
deviation their update sig files.

Amos

>
>
> Regards,
> -Neha
>
> --- Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Neha Nahar wrote:
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > I want to limit the size of a webpage downloaded
>> by my
>> > browser (Firefox) to 2MB.
>> > I plan to use squid as the proxy.
>> > Will setting up the reply_body_max_size to 2MB
>> limit
>> > it for me ?
>> > I read the Squid documentation regarding
>> > reply_body_max_size. It says that it wont work for
>> > downstream caches. I am not sure what that means.
>> > Is downstream cache from client to web server or
>> from
>> > web server to client.
>>
>> Client web browser is as far 'down' as the request
>> chain gets. Original
>> web server as far 'up'.
>>
>> A web page or file sent out without any information
>> on length, which
>> gets cut at X-bytes long instead of its actual
>> length. A program reading
>> those X-bytes without any way of knowing its cut
>> will assume its
>> complete. Using this option will cause such
>> file-cutting to be done and
>> *will* seriously screw up some content for caches
>> acting as clients of
>> yours.
>>
>> Regarding the 2MB limit, it applies to all bodies.
>> That will affect any
>> data files downloaded as well as HTML.
>>
>>
>> Amos
>> --
>> Please use Squid 2.6STABLE17+ or 3.0STABLE1+
>> There are serious security advisories out on all
>> earlier releases.
>>
>>
>
>
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Received on Mon Jan 14 2008 - 16:10:44 MST