Today we are paying another company to proxy for our users. They use a commercial product to accomplish the http header injection. Unfortunately they charge us a ridiculous amount of money to do what seems like a simple job. The header injection needs to occur at the server/gateway/proxy. Cookies will not work for this. I understand the x-msisdn header to be common in the "mobile world". It is used to identify a subscriber in order to bill them without having to ask them who they are. Thanks for the feedback. Keep em comin'. Regards, Jason P Hodges Senior Network and Systems Architect Pocket Communications 2819 NW Loop 410 San Antonio, Texas 78230 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Email: jhodges@xxxxxxxxxx Desk: 210-447-1220 EFax: 210-678-8187 -----Original Message----- From: Mike Marchywka [mailto:marchywka@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 9:22 AM To: Jason Hodges; squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Squid HTTP Headers ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:08:17 -0600 > From: jhodges > To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Squid HTTP Headers > > Hello and thanks for taking the time to read this post. All feedback is welcome. > > I work for a cell phone company and we use squid along with some fancy NAT and PAT in order to offer various proxying services for cell phone web browsers. Thus far we have been quite successful. If anyone is curious of our set up, just ask. > > I do have a challenge that I have been unable to overcome and I am hoping the user group can help solve it. > > The "Web Content Provider" that serves ringtones, games, etc to our subscribers requires that we have an http header inserted as the users surf their site. The header is x-msisdn. The value should be the subscriber's phone number (mdn). We have been unsuccessful at finding a good/solid solution for retrieving the mdn and inserting an http header. The mdn (in our case) is stored in a database, so the information is easily available. However, we do not know how to make squid request the mdn and inject the http request header. How does this work without squid? We are using squid to proxy our own custom browser ( only on BB since it uses a lot of RIM browser related classes) and routinely insert various headers and send back browsing info. We use squid to offload things like DNS lookups that can slow down the phone. It sounds as if you are asking "how do we get the browser on the phone to add an id header using squid?" Will cookies work for you or don't you have anyone to set the cookie? > > Here are some details: > 1. The mdn is stored in a database with an association to the ip address the subscriber was assigned. Optionally this same information is stored in a flat text file (radius accounting detail log) > 2. We only want to inject this http header for certain URLs. > > If anyone can offer suggestions on how we can make this happen, that would be greatly appreciated. What do you have now? Does it run without squid? > > Thanks in advance for your time and feedback. > > Regards, > Jason P Hodges > Note: hotmail is now unusable for TEXT, I am moving to marchywka@xxxxxxxxx or also use marchywka@xxxxxxxxxx Thanks. NEVER USE HOTMAIL, EVER Mike Marchywka 586 Saint James Walk Marietta GA 30067-7165 415-264-8477 (w)<- use this 404-788-1216 (C)<- leave message 989-348-4796 (P)<- emergency only marchywka@xxxxxxxxxxx Note: If I am asking for free stuff, I normally use for hobby/non-profit information but may use in investment forums, public and private. Please indicate any concerns if applicable. > _________________________________________________________________ Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=T EXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1
