[squid-users] Re: Re: application/octet-stream

Peter Marshall wrote:
> Adam Aube wrote:
>> Peter Marshall wrote:

>>> Is there a way to block this "application/octet-stream"
>>> I tried "acl STREAM req_mime_type ^application/octet-stream" but it did
>>> not seem to work ....

>> That's because the MIME type of the sent content is in the reply, not the
>> request. Change the acl to "rep_mime_type" and block it in
>> http_reply_access instead of http_access and it should work.

> Cool. Thanks. That worked.

> Do you know a link where I can read more about different types of data
> (like application/octet-stream) and also
> squid stuff like http_reply_access ....

For info on MIME types, I would suggest a Google search for "MIME types".

For the Squid stuff, the default squid.conf (which comes with the Squid
source) has pretty good documentation for most of the settings. There's
also the FAQ and the list archives (both linked to from squid-cache.org).

Adam
Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 11:06:54 MDT