Re: [squid-users] Using squid as transparent proxy causes problem with pages on https

On 13/04/2012 10:50 p.m., Ahmed Talha Khan wrote:
> Hey Amos,
> I made headway with the the problem :).. I think the looping is
> happening because squid is proxying the https port traffic onto http
> port on the way out.
>
> clientt----https=443---------->squid---------http=80----->origin server
>
> I can see the external connection being setup-ed on port 80 whereas it
> should have been on port 443. That is why the server keeps sending me
> back the same url to re-direct to.. This is my theory...What do you
> think about it? Also how i can make squid to output the original port
> 443 traffic on port 443 when connecting to the external servers...i
> could see something you mentioned to another guy here
>
> http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/squid-3-1-endless-loop-IIS-webserver-td4465329.html
>
>
> This example was a reverse proxy example and might not work for
> me...Any suggestions? I think we are about to crack it !!:)

The problem there seemed to be caused by the cache_peer being a
plain-HTTP link.

Your seems to be more a matter of the URL interpretation not being quite
right. "vport=443" and/or "protocol=https" might work.

Amos
Received on Sat Apr 14 2012 - 05:30:33 MDT