-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is how the HTTP server being connected to replies. So what this indicates to me is that squid is examining the HTTP replies from web servers. I would like to turn off this feature if possible. Thanks On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:18:46 -0500 Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >securehell@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi list, >> >> I am using a squid proxy to route http traffic through a >separate >> router on my network. I am getting some traffic in my >> /var/log/squid/cache.log file: >> >> 2007/12/13 13:46:54| urlParse: Illegal character in hostname >> 'www.hostname1.com?404=y' >> 2007/12/13 14:01:44| urlParse: Illegal character in hostname >> 'www.hostname2.com?404=y' >> 2007/12/13 14:08:18| urlParse: Illegal character in hostname >> 'hostname3.com?404=y' >> 2007/12/13 14:13:37| urlParse: Illegal character in hostname >> 'hostname.com?404=y' >> >> I'm looking at the source of these URLs when this happens and >the >> URL is not malformed. >> >> What I really want, though, is to turn off any kind of URL >checking >> like this. I just want squid to pass any HTTP requests through >> unchecked and unaltered if possible. I also want to turn off all >> URL logging and caching. >> >> Can someone suggest how to do this in the squid config? > >Please indicate which version of squid you are using. > This is a sign of a serious error somewhere. "?404=y" is not >valid in >a domain name. > > >> >> Also, if there are better suggestions (other than squid, that >is) I >> would be glad to consider them. > >Just routing? maybe configuring the router to do its job would be >the thing. >I don't want to loose you from the squid family but it would >certainly >be a lot less trouble and faster to route at the packet level. > > >Amos -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify Charset: UTF8 Version: Hush 2.5 wkYEARECAAYFAkdiqp4ACgkQRBFe1uc9INpQbwCfR0HJm6zmgAwBBDn+QLvi5eGoI/AA oJDT6Ni5cuN0IBV8sR+MO7gz4CvX =wMI4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----