Re: [squid-users] squid non-accel default website

 On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:43:40 +0100, Nils Hügelmann wrote:
> Hi Amos,
>
> are there any news about this?

 The splash page template has been added to 3.2 and the langpack already
 that includes setup instructions for several popular browsers.

 The code change to send it on non-proxy requests has not been done yet.

 A secondary change to make squid look up its first available generic
 listening port instead of using a hard-coded 3128 for use in that
 template has also not yet been done.

 Amos

>
>> On Wed, 12 May 2010 23:02:08 +0200, Nils Hügelmann
>> <n..._at_huegelmann.info>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Henrik,
>> >
>> > thanks for the answer, a fallback feature for direct requests
>> would be
>> > great :-)
>> >
>> > regards
>> > nils
>> >
>> > Am 12.05.2010 22:38, schrieb Henrik Nordström:
>> >> tis 2010-05-11 klockan 17:04 +0200 skrev Nils Hügelmann:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> At the current state, it shows an "invalid URL" ... "while
>> trying to
>> >>> retrieve the URL: /" error on direct access, which prevents
>> using url
>> >>> rewriters(and deny_info too?!) so how to do this?...
>> >>>
>> >> You can't.
>> >>
>> >> The reason is because Squid really need to know if an request is
>> being
>> >> proxied or accelerated as it have impact on how the request
>> should be
>> >> processed, and HTTP requires web servers (including accelerators)
>> to
>> >> also know how to process requests using full URL.
>> >>
>> >> Can't you move the proxy to a separate port, freeing up port 80
>> to be
>> >> used as a web server?
>> >>
>> >> But yes, I guess we could add support for fallback mode when
>> seeing an
>> >> obvious webserver request on a proxy port instead of bailing out
>> with
>> >> invalid request.
>> >>
>>
>> FYI:
>> There are some security holes opened when defaulting to intercept
>> or
>> accel mode on supposedly forward traffic.
>> Mandrivia has supplied captive-portal 'splash' pages for 3.2 that
>> can be
>> sent instead of the current invalid response page. If anyone can
>> spare the
>> time to implement a bit of polish let me know please, there are only
>> two
>> small'ish alterations needed to make this happen for 3.2.
>>
>> Amos
Received on Tue Mar 01 2011 - 21:43:50 MST