[squid-users] Configure a transparent proxy to pass through non-http port 80 traffic [Was: How to handle the error: Unsupported method 'BitTorrent']

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:44 AM, Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> Khemara Lyn wrote:
>> How can I handle this error in Cache log:
>> parseHttpRequest: Unsupported method 'BitTorrent'
>> Is it serious or does it affect Squid performance?
>
> It's only a waste of TCP connections, if you have available fd and socket
> capacity on the system you can safely ignore it.

Sorry to re-open this ancient thread, but I'm interested in another
aspect of this.

I am working for a small ISP customer who have an obligation not to
block *any* traffic.
We have set up Squid in transparent mode and we are using a Brocade
smart switch / router to redirect port 80 traffic to the Squid
machine.

It all works, but we notice an immediate and significant drop in
outbound traffic which we are fairly sure is caused by Squid blocking
non-http port 80 traffic.

Can anyone suggest a way to only pass http traffic to Squid - and let
other non-http traffic to pass through.

Look forward to hearing your suggestions.

-RichardW.
Received on Tue Jan 05 2010 - 09:28:08 MST