These options of vport and protocol are valid in the accelerator mode(reverse-mode) whereas i am using the forward mode. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 13/04/2012 10:50 p.m., Ahmed Talha Khan wrote: >> >> Hey Amos, >> I made headway with the the problem :).. I think the looping is >> happening because squid is proxying the https port traffic onto http >> port on the way out. >> >> clientt----https=443---------->squid---------http=80----->origin server >> >> I can see the external connection being setup-ed on port 80 whereas it >> should have been on port 443. That is why the server keeps sending me >> back the same url to re-direct to.. This is my theory...What do you >> think about it? Also how i can make squid to output the original port >> 443 traffic on port 443 when connecting to the external servers...i >> could see something you mentioned to another guy here >> >> >> http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/squid-3-1-endless-loop-IIS-webserver-td4465329.html >> >> >> This example was a reverse proxy example and might not work for >> me...Any suggestions? I think we are about to crack it !!:) > > > The problem there seemed to be caused by the cache_peer being a plain-HTTP > link. > > Your seems to be more a matter of the URL interpretation not being quite > right. "vport=443" and/or "protocol=https" might work. > > Amos -- Regards, -Ahmed Talha Khan