Re: [squid-users] Zero Sized Reply [attn: long post]

From: Peter Smith <peter.smith@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 15:09:28 -0600

I would second the need for it. After this came up I immediately
started looking in the default squid.conf for a "allow zero sized reply
message" (or similar) option. Obviously, I didn't find one.

Peter

Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

>On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Peter Smith wrote:
>
>
>
>>[root@test root]# *telnet 171.67.89.148 8080*
>>Trying 171.67.89.148...
>>Connected to 171.67.89.148.
>>Escape character is '^]'.
>>*GET / HTTP/1.0*
>>
>>Connection closed by foreign host.
>>[root@test root]#
>>
>>That server is not working correctly. It really does give a zero-sized
>>reply. It is not a "blank page". That would be "<html></html>".
>>
>>
>
>As this error is causing a lot of confusion I am considering removing this
>error from Squid, and instead just do the same to the user as was done to
>Squid. I.e. if a server won't give us a reply then don't give one to the
>client.
>
>Is there any opinions on this?
>
>
>Doing so however collides with one of my Squid applications where
>zero-sized replies is catched, so if this is done it will be a
>configurable option.
>
>Regards
>Henrik
>
>
>
Received on Tue Dec 09 2003 - 14:09:31 MST

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