Re: [squid-users] Strange RST packet

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 16:53 -0600, Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz wrote:
> I'm pretty sure.
>
> I have a pcap file captured and, traffic is exchanged and then suddenly a RST
> from squid to client.
>
> > > I've found that squid is sending a RST packet to a Windows
> > > station (WinXP SP2 or WinVista).
> > >
> > > Squid is not configured to send RST's. Is there any
> > > explication for this?
> >
> > Are you sure that the client is connecting to the correct port and that the
> > service is running? The OS will typically respond to a SYN on a closed port
> > with an RST.

(From memory, check the code to be sure .. )
In HTTP RST is used to signal incomplete transfer of dynamic content;
its quite likely that the upstream server has done a RST to squid, and
squid is passing this on.

-Rob

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