[squid-users] Logfile analyzing

From: <airplays55@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:11:35 -0800 (PST)

I checked out the squid log analyzer programs, But
haven't found one that can provide a sample output
like what I need to see on the report.

Say for example I go to microsoft.com, click on
"products", then click on "visual studio .NET"

I'd like to see this in the logfile:

http://www.microsoft.com
http://www.microsoft.com/products
http://www.microsoft.com/products/visual_studio

This is a theoretical example as if those are the
actual URL locations typed into the address bar, or
clicked via hyperlink.

I don't see how the access.log can be used to provide
this kind of report.

For example, if I simply type microsoft.com in my
address bar and click on "office" in the left pane,
then check my access.log, I see 35 entries have been
added just by clicking the "office" link once. I
understand that there is a separate entry for each
HTTP GET that the webpage calls for, but the
access.log doesn't seem to differentiate between what
the user clicked, and what the webpage requested to
display the whole page correctly.

More specifically, the first 3 entries say:

127.0.0.1 - - [22/Jan/2005:15:56:31 -0500] "GET
http://g.microsoft.com/mh_mshp/2 HTTP/1.1" 301 538
TCP_MISS:DIRECT
127.0.0.1 - - [22/Jan/2005:15:56:32 -0500] "GET
http://office.microsoft.com/home/default.aspx
HTTP/1.1" 301 467 TCP_MISS:DIRECT
127.0.0.1 - - [22/Jan/2005:15:56:32 -0500] "GET
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
HTTP/1.1" 200 52134 TCP_MISS:DIRECT

How is ANY logfile analyzer going to tell the
difference between the first entry (which the user
clicked on) and the second/third entries (which were
requested by the html from the first entry)?

Is there is a squid configuration parameter that will
allow the logs to be filtered appropriately?

                
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