Re: cache.log data

From: Dancer <dancer@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 02:11:25 +1000

Looks like they're trying to do persistent connections. IE and NN both do that,
but trust M$ to get the protocol wrong.

D

Tilman Schmidt wrote:

> At 08:51 08.01.98 -0600, Gatt, Noel wrote:
> >Can someone please explain to me what the following data found in the
> >cache.log file means and why is this happening. Is there any way to
> >avoid this type of output ? I'm using Squid 1.1.19 running on Linux.
> >
> >98/01/07 14:19:57| icpDetectClientClose: FD 135, 255 unexpected bytes
> >98/01/07 14:19:57| --> from: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
> >98/01/07 14:19:57| --> data:
> >GET%20http://sdcc10.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/sdcc8.is.gone.cgi?%7em1wilson/htmlr
> >ef.html%20HTTP/1.0%0d%0aAccept:%20application/vnd.ms-excel,%20applicatio
> >n/msword,%20application/vnd.ms-powerpoint,%20image/gif,%20image/x-xbitma
> >p,%20image/jpeg,%20image/pjpeg,%20*/*%0d%0aReferer:%20http://search.yah
>
> I see the same kind of messages from my Squid 1.NOVM.18+retry running on
> Solaris 2.4. As far as I can see only two of my 67 clients produce them;
> both are PCs running Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explod^Hrer 4.0.
> Coincidence?
>
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