Re: [squid-users] How to drop packet on basis of specific header

Hi Amos,

In actual, I want to drop the incoming request on the basis of
specific header found in request.

TIA,
Bhagwat

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:29 AM, Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> On 2014-03-12 01:00, Bhagwat Yadav wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I know that HttpStateData::httpBuildRequestHeader in http.cc is
>> checking the header entry by calling
>> "copyOneHeaderFromClientsideRequestToUpstreamRequest" function.
>>
>> But I want to know how to drop the packet on basis of some specific
>> header identified in the incoming request on squid..
>>
>
> You cant do anything about packets. They are on a whole different level of
> networking to the ones where Squid operates. HTTP operates on messages.
> There is no way to simply drop a message like you can with packets. All
> messages MUST have a response even if the response is to close the whole
> connection.
>
> Why are you wanting this? what are you trying to do overall?
>
> Amos
>
Received on Wed Mar 12 2014 - 06:51:25 MDT