Re: [squid-users] Zero Sized Reply with some websites

Dayo Adewunmi wrote:
> Hi
>
> I get this Zero Sized Reply sometimes behind proxy.
> But when I access the same site without proxy, it works fine.
> What gives?
>

Lets read....

> ERROR

... Squid had a problem.

> The requested URL could not be retrieved

... somebody asked Squid to fetch something from the WWW. Squid could not.

>
> While trying to retrieve the URL:
>

... That something was apparently an empty piece of text.

> The following error was encountered:
>
> * Zero Sized Reply

  ... somehow a domain was found (huh?), the HTTP request was passed on.

But nothing came back before the TCP link was closed by the other end.
Squid read timeout is 15 minutes. Server connection-unused limits may be
smaller.

>
> Squid did not receive any data for this request.
>

... the (rather spartan in this case) explanation of what the error
message actually means. Is that Squid did not get anything from the web
server to fulfill the request.

> (squid/2.6.STABLE18)
>

... the version of squid doing all the above.
A bit old now, but never mind, the problem was not with Squid.

Amos

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