Re: access readersdigest

Duane Wessels wrote:
>
> ongbh@staff.singnet.com.sg writes:
>
> >> Recently we've encountered problems accessing www.readersdigest.com thru
> >> proxy cache. The server's software they are using is OneServer
> >> (www.connectinc.com).
> >
> >Got a quick fix for this.
> >
> >Apparently, this very OneServer doesn't recognize the "Forwarded: by..."
> >header. Simply comment off this following code in http.c should
> >fix it.
> >
> >if (cfd > -1 && opt_forwarded_for) {
> > sprintf(ybuf, "%s for %s\r\n", ForwardedBy, fd_table[cfd].ipaddr);
> >} else {
> > sprintf(ybuf, "%s\r\n", ForwardedBy);
> >}
> >
> >By the way, is "Forwarded:" a value HTTP header ? Can't find
> >it on the HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 spec.
>
> Hmm, yes indeed. This is what you get for implementing draft specs I
> suppose. Forwarded: was used in earlier versions of
> draft-ietf-http-v11-specNN, but now I see they are calling it "Via:".

  So, will you suggesting comment out the lines or replace it with Via
(in your next release!) ?

  -Jin Siong.
>
> Duane W.
Received on Mon Nov 18 1996 - 17:02:29 MST