Re: [squid-users] WCCPv2 and HTTPS problems

On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 18:21 +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2007, Dalibor Dukic wrote:
>
> > OK, but when I put proxy settings manually in browser even for SSL,
> > SQUID will just start passing data from client to server. I can't do
> > this with WCCP ?
>
> No. The browser wraps up the SSL requests in a normal HTTP request ("CONNECT");
> transparently intercepted SSL requests look like SSL and not like HTTP.
> Squid knows about the former but not currently about the latter.

Thank You for explanation I didn't know that.

> > > You should investigate the TPROXY Squid integration which, when combined
> > > with a correct WCCPv2 implementation and compatible network design,
> > > will allow your requests to look like they're coming from your client
> > > IPs.
> >
> > Does TPROXY functionality requires any modification to kernel code
> > especially netfilter part?
>
> Yes.
>
> > I think this would solve the problems I facing with. I'll try this if
> > this is only solution and give info to group.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
> Adrian
>
Received on Wed Nov 07 2007 - 09:03:33 MST