RE: [squid-users] Is it possible to ignore parts of or all parts of a query string?

can't you just block */RealMedia/ads/* via squidguard or something? they're
only annoying adverts anyway :)

> Hi,
>
> I would like to cache requests for Shockwave Flash files. The problem
> is, these files have a bunch of cgi/query parameters that is
> changed for
> every request, making Squid fetch them from the web server each time.
> The output from the webserver is the same each time, so
> there's no real
> reason why one shouldn't cache or be able to cache the files. An
> example (had to turn off strip_query_terms to see it in the log):
>
> 1095077099.840 25 195.159.125.115 TCP_MISS/200 15910 GET
> http://ap.oasfile.aftenposten.no/ap/rosaindex/768x50_aftenpost
en.swf?clickTAG1=http%3A//primetime.ad.primetime.net/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.
ads/www.aftenposten.no/forside/5278/Top1/primetime/ap_rosaindex_768x50_til_d
es04/rosaindex_2xclicktag.html/63333966376437333430336565663130%3F_RM_REDIR_
%3Dhttp%3A//www.rosaindex.no/%3Frsat%3D3&clickTAG2=http%3A//primetime.ad.pri
metime.net/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.aftenposten.no/forside/5278/Top1/p
rimetime/ap_rosaindex_768x50_til_des04/rosaindex_2xclicktag.html/63333966376
437333430336565663130%3Fhttp%3A//www.rosaindex.no/%3Fsaction%3DSOK%26fdsc%3D
rsCompany%26rsat%3D2
- DIRECT/127.0.0.1 application/x-shockwave-flash

The actual file is just served statically from a local thttpd that has
all the files.

I suppose the Shockwave "program" (the swf file) uses the query
parameters as a runtime configuration for what to do etc., so if only
Squid could pass this on and still cache the file contents, that would
be exactly what I want.

Anyone have ideas about this? Is it doable? Running the swf's through
Squid works, it's just that every file that has query parameters is not
cached. :-(

Regards,

-- 
Anders.
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