Re: [squid-users] Bad Method

Dean, Barry wrote:
> I am using Squid 3 as a transparent proxy on a NAT server to limit access to the Intermahweb.
>
> It's part of a Network Access Control solution, pre-registered users are stuck in a private VLAN.
>
> Squid is seeing a lot of "Bad Request Methods", that look like:
>
> squid[]: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] clientParseRequestMethod: Unsupported method in request '__*__U___OX_ ___B___&_<U____________'_____gA%__p_'
>
>
> Is this something trying to do HTTPS on port 80?

Looks that way. Provided port 80 is the only one you are intercepting
into Squid.

>
> Can I stop squid logging these, because I know already!
>
> We have a script locally that picks up on "unusual" entries in log files and mails them to me, I don't want telling anymore!

There is your answer, you need to adjust the script to ignore those
warnings.

"Unsupported method in request .*___.*" seems like a good pattern to
pick them out with.

Amos

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