Hi, a proxy is different from a webserver. The protocol they speak is slightly different in order to support the use-cases (nothing would technically prevent from having webservers use a language more similar to proxies); what you are trying to do is to use Squid (the proxy) as if it was a webserver, which it isn't. On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 5:51 AM, Phil Allred <Phil.Allred@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to have users access squid directly from a URL like this: > > http://my.squidserver.org:3128/testurl > > Rather than by setting a proxy in their browser. Then I want squid to > rewrite the URL “my.squidserver.org” to the site I want users to access. > The reason I want to do this is in order to access ONLY a certain research > database through the proxy server, not all HTTP requests. > > When I set up squid to do url rewriting, everything works, if I configure my > browser to use my proxy server. However, when I try to access squid > directly like mentioned above, it refuses to try to rewrite the URL. Squid > just sends back an error like this: > > The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: > /testurl > > Invalid URL > > Some aspect of the requested URL is incorrect. > > > > Is what I’m trying to do even possible? If so, how do I fix my problem? > > Thanks in advance, > > Phil > > _______________________________________________ > squid-users mailing list > squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users > -- Francesco _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users
