Re: would like to fix OpenWave mobile browser issue

alright, I got squid 2.5 to build with the ICAP client patch, but is
there some standard ICAP server that will do this for me, or do I need
to write some ICAP module myself that adds the Content-Length header?

Thanks,
eric.

On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 09:36:23AM -0600, Alex Rousskov wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 13:05 -0500, Eric wrote:
>
> > I need a way to force squid to include the correct
> > Content-length header for every response, even if it's not included by
> > the originating server.
>
> In Squid3, the simplest way of doing that may be using an ICAP server.
> The server will get every response preview (just the HTTP headers) and
> will request the whole response if there is no Content-Length. The
> server will then add the Content-Length header. Squid3 and its ICAP
> client is not ready for production use yet, but we are actively working
> on it.
>
> In Squid2, I am not sure whether the ICAP client implementation can
> handle such an "abuse", but you can test.
>
> I am sure it is possible to do this in Squid directly, without ICAP, but
> cannot give you hints. There are at least two major advantages of using
> ICAP for this:
>
> - Avoid Squid code bloat.
> - Your solution will work with any popular proxy, not just Squid.
>
> $0.02,
>
> Alex.
>
>

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