Re: [squid-users] change of data in a http packet

Squid does not, only the inverse if you ask it to (changing
spaces to %20 before forwarding the URL). But it is possible your browser is
behaving differently because of the difference in HTTP version, or simply
because it is using a proxy.. It should be noted that HTTP do not allow
spaces in URL's. Any software sending such URL's are technically broken.

See the uri_whitespace option for what you can do in Squid to work around
broken browsers in this area.

But yes, Squid is a HTTP/1.0 proxy.. any requests sent via Squid will be
HTTP/1.0.

Regards
Henrik

Van Bossche Koen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is my configuration :
> RedHat Linux v7
> squid2.5PRE7
> parent configuration -> fw -> internet
>
> Any idea what might change the data inside a http packet, when
> it goes through squid?
>
> Here is an example, the URL (the URL is used to book cabinets for company
> board meetings...) requested is the same in both cases.
> Note how something in squid seems to change every "%20" to normal
> spaces. Also HTTP version is different.
>
> With proxy (Frame 14):
> GET /roombook/bin/showrecord.asp?recno=843&msg=eYour selection conflicts
> with the reservation below! HTTP/1.0\r\n
>
> Without proxy (Frame 7):
> GET
> /roombook/bin/showrecord.asp?recno=843&msg=eYour%20selection%20conflicts%20
>w ith%20the%20reservation%20below! HTTP/1.1\r\n
>
> I ran tcpdump outside firewall to capture these.
> I know it is difficult to tell why it behaves like this,
> but I'd appreciate if you have any idea at all how to fix it.
>
> We fixed this now by editing our proxy configuration script and to use
> direct connection to "services.anydad.com" (also opened firewall to enable
> it to go direct)
>
> best regards,
> ./koen

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