Re: [squid-users] Squid + Web Accelerator

> > We suspect the problem is caused by the http 1.0 & 1.1 protocol.
> > Anybody can help to explain this behaviour?
>
> And what do think is wrong with the HTTP 1.0 or 1.1 protocols? I think
> you're jumping to a conclusion without proper investigation.

I am sorry to cause confusion. I am not saying the protocols have problem.

What I meant was there might be something wrong between browser, squid and
accelerator, which each might response differently under http 1.0 & 1.1,
in particularly in our setup.

Thanks for your feedback.

Cheers!
Wei Keong

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Joe Cooper wrote:

> Wei Keong wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are exploring the possibility of using web accelerator to speed up
> > internet access, using squid as access control. Our test shows that
> > squid is able to forward request to the accelerator, which uses http
> > 1.1 for compression, persistance and pipelining.
> >
> > | browser | <---> | squid | <---> | accelerator | <---> internet
> >
> > This setup seems fine, except we notice that certain webpages with
> > "Refresh" meta tag could not be displayed in IE (http 1.1 & http 1.1
> > through proxy checked).
> >
> > We suspect the problem is caused by the http 1.0 & 1.1 protocol.
> > Anybody can help to explain this behaviour?
>
> And what do think is wrong with the HTTP 1.0 or 1.1 protocols? I think
> you're jumping to a conclusion without proper investigation.
>
> Make sure each proxy (Squid and accelerator) works correctly on their
> own, first. Also keep in mind that most 'accelerators' are horrible
> hacks that do not obey the HTTP protocol spec very thoroughly--if
> something is broken, I would suspect the accelerator is broken.
>
> Try to narrow down your problem to one specific set of variables...right
> now, you've got a whole lot of places for problems to happen.
> --
> Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com>
> Web caching appliances and support.
> http://www.swelltech.com
>
Received on Wed Jul 24 2002 - 19:22:09 MDT