On Thu, Nov 08, 2007, Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: > Yes I know that Squid does not handle HTTPS requests which leads to > another question. If HTTPS does not go through Squid, then does WCCP see > them or how does WCCP handle them if at all? You could create another service group and redirect port 443 to Squid; you'd just need to implement a basic TCP tunnel + ACLs in Squid. > We all know since the beginning when we started learning and using Squid > that intercepting or transparent proxy servers will cause some problems > down the way. In fact, all softwares will cause some problems. Maybe > this is one of the problems. :) transparent proxying has come a long way; its nowhere near as horrible as it was a few years ago. > In fact, I had been facing this Hotmail and Yahoo HTTPS problem with > Squid-2.5 in the past. I can't remember exactly how I got it solved. On > one occasion, routing solved the problem and in another case, a firewall > modification solved the problem. > > Maybe the problem still exists now but somehow it has not caught my > attention for which I am happy :) > > But sooner or later, I'm sure this problem will again pop up on my > proxies too and users will be banging my phone! I guess somebody or one > of us on this list has to do some really complete analysis and study > using whatever tools is required to solve this problem once and for all. Thats why I've started offering commercial Squid support. http://www.xenion.com.au/squid/ Adrian -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support -
