Re: [squid-users] Squid 3.0 problem with chunked encoding

Amos Jeffries wrote:
>> I'm working through a problem where pages from a broken web server
>> aren't making it through Squid 3.0 (tested up through STABLE 8). The
>> page source according to the browser (Firefox 2, Firefox 3, or IE7) is
>> the "28B" which should be the start of the chunk, followed by the chunk
>> itself, and then "0" that would finish the chunked transfer.
>> I'm hoping that I can manage to contact the admins of the web server and
>> get them to fix their problem, but is there any way I can work around
>> the problem in Squid?
>>
>
> Squid 3.0 does not support chunks. There is a config workaround to drop
> the Accept-Encoding header on requests going to known broken HTTP/1.1
> servers which try to send chunks to 1.0 clients.
>
> http://squidproxy.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/chunked-decoding/
>
> If you really need chunked and 3.x you will need the HEAD code.
>
> Amos
>

Thanks, Amos. How is the stability of the HEAD code, and is 3.1 nearing release?

Guy

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Palisade Systems, Inc.