Re: [squid-users] Using a helper program with squid

From: Sasan Dashtinezhad <sasan@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:25:51 -0400

Has anybody gotten a chance to look at the replied email? I'd appreciate
it if somebody could at least give me a "yes or no" response.

Regards,
--Sasan

Sasan Dashtinezhad wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>I'm trying to use squid as my proxy, but in a rather weird setup. I need
>the HTTP packets to be sent to another connection (not the original
>connection from which the request was received) and then read the response
>from another connection and send that to the original connection. I.e.,
>client sends request to squid
>squid connects to original server
>squid reads response R
>squid sends R to x.y.z:p (somewhere on the Internet) and closes
> the connection when done
>squid opens a new connection to x.y.z:p to read the response
>squid reads response R'
>squis sends R' to client
>
>I know that squid is a powerful tool and can be configured in several
>ways. Is it possible for me to do all of this (or something similar) using
>the configuration mechanisms of squid? Or do I have to dive into the
>source code and try implementing this myself...? (I'm having a feeling
>that I might be able to do this using peers.)
>
>Any help is strongly appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>--Sasan
>
>
>
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