Re: URL that won't work

> On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 nicole@webweaver.net wrote:
>
> >
> > Greetings all
> > I have come across a URL that will not work with squid. http://www.cdnow.com
> > When you get there, try to go anywhere and you wind up back at the home page. I am running squid purely as a proxy via netscape on a test machine. My settings are below. Any help would be appreciatted!
> > Also if you notice anything else odd in my settings, please let me know.
>
> That page works for my system (Netscape 4.05 + Squid 1.1.21+retry).

 Hmmm I use 3.0 and No Go. Can you try that to see if I am completely insane?

>
> > Generated Fri, 21 Mar 1997 21:51:48 GMT, by cachemgr.cgi/1.2.beta17@squid.mediacity.com
> > http_port 8080
> > icp_port 3130
> > tcp_incoming_address 0.0.0.0
> > tcp_outgoing_address 255.255.255.255
> > udp_incoming_address 0.0.0.0
> > udp_outgoing_address 255.255.255.255
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> The above four addresses are set to illegal addresses. I only define the
> tcp addresses and the udp_outgoing addresses, and I set those three to the
> machine's IP address.

 Ah.. Cool I will set these, thanks!

>
> > neighbor_timeout 2 seconds
> > dead_peer_timeout 10 seconds
> > hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin
> > hierarchy_stoplist ?
> > cache_stoplist cgi-bin
> > cache_stoplist ?
> > cache_stoplist_pattern
> > cache_mem 67108864 bytes
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I'm not sure if squid 1.1.x supports tags like "bytes/kB/MB"... I set my
> system to `cache_mem 96`.

 These numbers are the way it was reported via the cachemgr.cgi, this it is not as I have it set in the unit. Good catch though :>

> > ftp_user Squid@mydomain.com
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 Yes the mydomain.com was my way of hiding the adress of the box, however I managed to leave it in at the top :<
 I have it set in the file to a "good" address :>

> > ftp_list_width 32
> > cache_dns_program /usr/local/libexec/dnsserver
> > dns_children 15
> ^^
> Probably more than you need, unless your squid is very heavily loaded or
> has a very slow DNS lookup time.

 Yes, it seems most don't get used. I will adjust :>

<SNIP>

>
> The rest of the config looks OK, although that doesn't mean I didn't miss
> something :-) I suspect your problem is the wierd addresses you defined in
> tcp_incoming/outgoing_address and udp_incoming/outgoing_address.
>
> -Bill

You seemed to catch most!

Thanks!

   Nicole

                     
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