Re: [squid-users] Tracing squid 3.1 functions

From: Nikolai Gorchilov <niki_at_x3me.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:58:53 +0200

>> Not possible because there is none that "recognize request protocol".
>>
>> What happens is admin configure squid.conf ports manually, one per
>> protocol type to be recieved. Squid only supports HTTP, HTTPS, ICP,
>> HTCP, and SNMP incoming traffic.
>>
>> The non-HTTP traffic support in Squid is for gatewaying traffic, where
>> Squid makes the outbound connection in FTP/Gopher/HTTP/HTTPS/Wais/ etc
>> so there is no detection or recognizing going on.
>
> Sorry, I don't understand. Could you please explain the squid scenario for
> a FTP request for example?

What Amos is saying is that squid assumes the protocols by the
incoming port, as per squid.conf configuration and not by any l7
heuristics.
Received on Thu Dec 26 2013 - 16:59:40 MST

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