wrh@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > This just started happening - > > We are getting blank pages returned from our Squid 2.6.STABLE4 proxy > from the search results pages off www.msn.com. And MSN's > maps&directions site comes up blank as well. The www.msn.com home > page is fine. > > Happening with IE7 and FF3. > > No explanation for it on the squid server, nothing in the logs. > > If I don't use squid, the pages appear. > > Our squid has been unchanged for a long while. > > Is anyone else experiencing this issue? > > > > Thanks, > > -Bill > I may be wrong, but it looks like MSN explicitly refuses proxied connections. If I hide the proxy with "forwarded_for off" it suddenly works! The following shows radically different headers depending on whether the X-Forwarded-For header is present or not. Trying the URL http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=debian+lenny+calamaris&FORM=MSNH11 using wget -S First with standard proxy settings ================================== --2009-03-27 14:10:40-- http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=debian+lenny+calamaris&FORM=MSNH11 Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1 Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:8080... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... HTTP/1.1 200 OK X-Powered-By: ASP.NET Content-Length: 0 Expires: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:10:40 GMT Cache-Control: max-age=0, no-cache, no-store Pragma: no-cache Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:10:40 GMT X-Cache: MISS from cpc3-staf1-0-0-cust235.sol2.cable.ntl.com Via: 1.1 cpc3-staf1-0-0-cust235.sol2.cable.ntl.com:8080 (squid/2.7.STABLE6) Connection: close Length: 0 Saving to: `results.aspx?q=debian+lenny+calamaris&FORM=MSNH11' [ <=> ] 0 --.-K/s in 0s 2009-03-27 14:10:40 (0.00 B/s) - `results.aspx?q=debian+lenny+calamaris&FORM=MSNH11' saved [0/0] Without the proxy ================= --2009-03-27 14:10:56-- http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=debian+lenny+calamaris&FORM=MSNH11 Resolving search.msn.com... 84.53.178.209, 84.53.178.218 Connecting to search.msn.com|84.53.178.209|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... HTTP/1.0 200 OK Content-Length: 31048 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET P3P: CP="NON UNI COM NAV STA LOC CURa DEVa PSAa PSDa OUR IND", policyref="http://privacy.msn.com/w3c/p3p.xml" Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:10:56 GMT Connection: keep-alive Set-Cookie: AFORM=MSNH11; expires=Mon, 20-Jul-2015 23:59:59 GMT; path=/ Set-Cookie: mkt1=norm=-GB; domain=.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: mkt2=ui=en-GB; domain=search.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: MUID=95278E835C21487EB0C3B5390C5735BE; expires=Mon, 20-Jul-2015 23:59:59 GMT; domain=.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: OrigMUID=95278E835C21487EB0C3B5390C5735BE; expires=Mon, 20-Jul-2015 23:59:59 GMT; domain=.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: OVR=flt=0&PerfTracking=0&DomainVertical=0&Cashback=0&MSCorp=kiev; domain=.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: RMS=SERP=320&T=48; path=/ Set-Cookie: SRCHD=D=650290&AF=MSNH11; expires=Mon, 20-Jul-2015 23:59:59 GMT; domain=.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: SRCHSESS=GUID=659B63EAB2A64E9597884654B10FF49E&TS=1238163056; expires=Fri, 27-Mar-2009 14:30:56 GMT; path=/ Set-Cookie: SRCHUID=V=2&GUID=83EF0003D92A4C429D5D6DBCA44B86C8; expires=Mon, 20-Jul-2015 23:59:59 GMT; path=/ Set-Cookie: SRCHUSR=AUTOREDIR=0&GEOVAR=&DOB=20090327; expires=Sun, 27-Mar-2011 14:10:56 GMT; path=/ Cache-Control: private Length: 31048 (30K) [text/html] Saving to: `results.aspx?q=debian+lenny+calamaris&FORM=MSNH11.1' 100%[==========================================================================================>] 31,048 199K/s in 0.2s 2009-03-27 14:10:57 (199 KB/s) - `results.aspx?q=debian+lenny+calamaris&FORM=MSNH11.1' saved [31048/31048] Now set "forwarded_for off" in squid.conf ========================================= --2009-03-27 14:27:51-- http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=debian+lenny+calamaris&FORM=MSNH11 Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1 Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:8080... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Length: 31048 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET P3P: CP="NON UNI COM NAV STA LOC CURa DEVa PSAa PSDa OUR IND", policyref="http://privacy.msn.com/w3c/p3p.xml" Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:27:51 GMT Set-Cookie: AFORM=MSNH11; expires=Mon, 20-Jul-2015 23:59:59 GMT; path=/ Set-Cookie: mkt1=norm=-GB; domain=.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: mkt2=ui=en-GB; domain=search.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: MUID=71DF4074D8BE456381CDA9945EE5AE96; expires=Mon, 20-Jul-2015 23:59:59 GMT; domain=.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: OrigMUID=71DF4074D8BE456381CDA9945EE5AE96; expires=Mon, 20-Jul-2015 23:59:59 GMT; domain=.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: OVR=flt=0&PerfTracking=0&DomainVertical=0&Cashback=0&MSCorp=kiev; domain=.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: RMS=SERP=320&T=48; path=/ Set-Cookie: SRCHD=D=650307&AF=MSNH11; expires=Mon, 20-Jul-2015 23:59:59 GMT; domain=.msn.com; path=/ Set-Cookie: SRCHSESS=GUID=E8E98A7C50064824A06EC246214D405D&TS=1238164071; expires=Fri, 27-Mar-2009 14:47:51 GMT; path=/ Set-Cookie: SRCHUID=V=2&GUID=BE07F5751A95407FB6E94683FB41EDBB; expires=Mon, 20-Jul-2015 23:59:59 GMT; path=/ Set-Cookie: SRCHUSR=AUTOREDIR=0&GEOVAR=&DOB=20090327; expires=Sun, 27-Mar-2011 14:27:51 GMT; path=/ Cache-Control: private X-Cache: MISS from cpc3-staf1-0-0-cust235.sol2.cable.ntl.com Via: 1.1 cpc3-staf1-0-0-cust235.sol2.cable.ntl.com:8080 (squid/2.7.STABLE6) Connection: close Length: 31048 (30K) [text/html] Saving to: `results.aspx?q=debian+lenny+calamaris&FORM=MSNH11.2' 100%[==========================================================================================>] 31,048 --.-K/s in 0.1s 2009-03-27 14:27:51 (214 KB/s) - `results.aspx?q=debian+lenny+calamaris&FORM=MSNH11.2' saved [31048/31048]