Re: [squid-users] squid config help required

Hi Amos

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> On Tue, 3 May 2011 10:13:28 +0800, Colin Coe wrote:
>>
>> Is anyone using squirm successfully with squid v3.1.x?  I can't get
>> anything to match
>
> Yes, several. Not me, I just know of people.
>
>>
>> Questions
>> - Does the url_rewrite_program work correctly in 3.1.4?
>
> Yes. The only bugs are around invalid URL output from the helper.
>
>> - At what stage are URLs passed to url_rewrite_program?
>
> Right after request ICAP/eCAP adaptation, which is itself immediately after
> parsing and http_access.
>
>> - I believe I need to rewrite in both directions, can I do this with
>> url_rewrite_program?
>
> No. location_rewrite_program is needed to re-write server redirect URLs.
> That has not been ported to Squid-3 yet. Patches *very* welcome.

Is the "re-write server redirect" the act of rewriting the URL coming
back from the origin?

Does squid v2.6STABLE21 work in this respect? If so, I'll downgrade to RHEL5.

>> Looking at http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/url_rewrite_program/,
>> are the changes to the explanatory text below correct/better?
>> ---
>> -Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
>> +Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
>>  Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
>>
>> -For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
>> +For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive one line with the
>> format
>> ---
>>
>> The documentation may be clear, but it isn't clear to me.
>
> That does read better. Applied.
>
> Amos
>

Thanks

CC

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