Re: [squid-users] Keep-Alive header not being displayed

Alex Rousskov wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 16:42 -0700, JL wrote:
>> In my headers, the "HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE = 300" is not displaying and I'm
>> not sure why. I have the following header_access rules:
>>
>> header_access X-Forwarded-For deny all
>> header_access Proxy-Connection deny all
>> header_access Via deny all
>> header_access All allow all
>>
>> With these rules I get the following headers:
>>
>> HTTP_ACCEPT = image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg,
>> application/x-shockwave-flash, application/vnd.ms-excel,
>> application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, */*
>> HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING = gzip, deflate
>> HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE = en-us
>> HTTP_CONNECTION = keep-alive
>> HTTP_COOKIE = __utma=131785806.1971945049.1220944678.1221168849.1221173272.5;
>> __utmz=131785806.1220944678.1.1.utmccn=(direct)|utmcsr=(direct)|utmcmd=(none);
>> __utmb=131785806; __utmc=131785806
>> HTTP_HOST = www.proxyjudge.biz
>> HTTP_REFERER = http://proxyjudge.biz/
>> HTTP_UA_CPU = x86
>> HTTP_USER_AGENT = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1;
>> .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
>> REMOTE_ADDR = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
>> REMOTE_PORT = 51600
>> REQUEST_METHOD = GET
>> REQUEST_URI = /az.php
>>
>> I have even tried removing all the header_access rules except for
>> header_access All allow all. However, HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE = 300 does not
>> display.
>>
>> I am using Squid Version 2.6.STABLE6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
>
> Do you see "Keep-Alive: 300" header in the packets that are sent to
> Squid? Do you see "Keep-Alive: 300" header in the packets that Squid
> sends to the origin server? If yes, perhaps Apache httpd (or equivalent)
> is "translating" your Keep-Alive header into the Connection header, with
> a value of Keep-Alive.
>
> What is the purpose of sending that Keep-Alive header? Can you send a
> custom header like X-Alive?
>
> HTH,
>
> Alex.
>
>

On a side note. Following that test link myself shows me that 3-HEAD is
still sending Keep-Alive: header. I assume this is one that was
optimized out of 2.6 for some reason?

Amos

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