Re: [squid-users] squid error

From: Kinkie <gkinkie_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:23:39 +0200

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Kohichi Kamijoh <KAMIJOH_at_jp.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hi Kinkie,
>
> Thank you for your response. Sorry but I cannot share the hostname because
> of some security reason, but the name is long (more than 10 letters).

Length is not the issue. Contents may be, if they violate the DNS RFC.

> Anyway, I found the following in squid.conf.default.
>
> # TAG: check_hostnames
> # For security and stability reasons Squid by default checks
> # hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you do not want
> # Squid to perform these checks then turn this directive off.
> #
> #Default:
> # check_hostnames on
>
> Will the "Squid Malformed Host Name Error" be eliminated if we set
> "check_hostnames off" in squid.conf?

Maybe; I can't tell with no info. "Try it" is the best I can offer.

   Kinkie
Received on Wed Jun 18 2014 - 08:23:48 MDT

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