Re: [squid-users] Re: WCCP, Squid, ASA, HTTP redirect

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:21:22 -0600 (CST), samk_at_twinix.com wrote:
> See Thread at: http://www.techienuggets.com/Detail?tx=33825 Posted on
> behalf of a User
>
> wccp2 on cisco asa kan redirect 443.
>
> Don't use web-cache option but a number.
>
> In Response To:
>
> I've googled and saw some stuff but nothing that I can really make sense
> of.
>
> We have successfully designed (and its working) 2 squid transparent
proxy
> servers, both WCCP to an ASA working as failover (if squid dies on one
> proxy the other one starts taking the redirects from the ASA). The only
> problem is that we cant figure out how to get HTTPS requests redirected
> from the ASA to the proxy (using WCCP). Does anyone know how this can
> happen? Do I need to use dynamic's instead of standards for WCCP? (Ive
> tried, without success).
>
> I really cant imagine that all this WCCP with a web-cache can not work
> with HTTPS (that would suck)
>
> - Nick

Well, safety and privacy sucks then. You cannot do HTTPS redirection using
WCCP.

HTTPS can be passed to the Squid box using real Policy Routing. But even
then ...

http://www.mail-archive.com/squid-users@squid-cache.org/msg67070.html

Amos
Received on Tue Jan 19 2010 - 23:14:35 MST