Re: [Fwd: [squid-users] Proxy refuses to connect with some sites]

From: mohamed <mohameda@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 09:48:58 +0100

Marc Elsen wrote:

> Well,sorry for this way of additional post.
> The mailer list sw does not seem to like bcc's...
>
> --
>
> 'Love is truth without any future.
> (M.E. 1997)
>
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> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Proxy refuses to connect with some sites
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:51:10 +0200
> From: Marc Elsen <marc.elsen@imec.be>
> Organization: IMEC
> To: mohameda@sports.com
> References: <3B3B5379.B5B99BE6@sports.com>
>
> mohamed wrote:
> >
> > I am running a compiled version of Squid v2.4 stable1 on a Redhat Linux
> > v7.1 with a 2.4.3 kernel.
> > I am not running it as a transparent proxy rather through a .pac
> > autoconfig file for the web browsers.
> > Some sites squid just does not connect to giving connection refused
> > errors, I doubt all of these sites dont comply with rfc 1738, or use
> > underscorses in the url, rather I think many of them use long urls and
> > squid does not seem to like long urls. I find myself regularly adding
> > sites to exclude the .pac autoconfig file from connecting to via the
> > proxy but instead using a direct connection as a workaround.
> > Here are some examples of sites that timeout with Squid but connect fine
> > through a direct connection:-
> > www.theregister.co.uk
> > www.guardianunlimited.co.uk
> > www.ask.co.uk
> >
> > Any ideas on how to solve this ?
> > Also is there any way to allow squid to stop ignoring sites that dont
> > comply with rfc 1738 ? Can a few lines of the source code be edited
> > prior to compiling squid to do this ?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Take care about TCP/IP with TCP_ECN, your internet access or some
> other internet devices as routers and whatever is out there may
> not support it fully.
>
> Try
>
> echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn
>
> In your startup environment,see what happens after reboot.
>
> Marc.
>
> > Mohamed Alwakeel
>
> --
>
> 'Love is truth without any future.
> (M.E. 1997)

All machines on our network including the slave DNS and the proxy server run
on private IP's which get masqueraded through a router
Received on Fri Jun 29 2001 - 02:49:06 MDT

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