hi all plz solve my problem bcuz i have to complete my assignment i m having a problem that when i make transparent redirection with following command #iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 80 i m getting an error message from squid as follow when i try to access suppose http://www.face-pic.com/dawson48 the squid gives me an error ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While trying to retrieve the URL: /dawsoon48 The following error was encountered: Invalid URL Some aspect of the requested URL is incorrect. Possible problems: Missing or incorrect access protocol (should be `http://'' or similar) Missing hostname Illegal double-escape in the URL-Path Illegal character in hostname; underscores are not allowed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- it automatically eliminates the portion http://www.face-pic.com while if i set my browser to proxy then i dont get this error instaed everything works fine plz help me out ===== Mustafa Hassan Malik (Khadim Hussain) Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools