Re: [squid-users] Route map and strange things happen

Thanks Nuno.

Thx & Rgds,

Awie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nuno Ferreira" <nfaf@timortelecom.tp>
To: "Awie" <awie@eksadata.com>; "Henrik Nordstrom" <hno@squid-cache.org>;
"Squid-users" <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 4:32 AM
Subject: RE: [squid-users] Route map and strange things happen

> Yeap, exactly that
>
> Nuno Ferreira
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Awie [mailto:awie@eksadata.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 1:36 AM
> To: Henrik Nordstrom; Squid-users; Nuno Ferreira
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Route map and strange things happen
>
> Henrik & Nuno,
>
> Many thanks for your kind help. Just want to make sure, as your
> explanation
> I assume the mechanism of "route-mapped" proxy is:
>
> All of HTTP request from client will be redirected to the proxy box.
> Then
> the proxy will check into it's cache. If no objects are found then it
> will
> fetch to Internet. On the fetching progress, proxy box also through
> router
> using HTTP request. The access-list will filter the IP and because of it
> captured the IP of proxy that be denied, it did not redirect the
> request.
>
> If my assumption above correct, it means the messages "deny tcp host
> aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa any eq www (1263621 matches)" as a normal thing. Am I
> right?
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thx & Rgds,
>
> Awie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henrik Nordstrom" <hno@squid-cache.org>
> To: "Awie" <awie@eksadata.com>; "Squid-users"
> <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 12:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Route map and strange things happen
>
>
> > On Friday 12 September 2003 15.51, Awie wrote:
> >
> > > deny tcp host aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa any eq www (1263621 matches)
> > >
> > > Would you tell me why there are so many denied packets? My Linux
> > > box is not be used for browsing at all.
> >
> > If I understand correctly this Linux box is the proxy you routed the
> > HTTP traffic to, and there should be running a proxy which will
> > connect to the requested web sites, rigth?
> >
> >
> > If this is the case then your traffic will look something like the
> > following graph:
> >
> > client -> router -> internet
> > | ^
> > v |
> > proxy
> >
> >
> > The routemap is the downwards arrow, the proxied traffic is the
> > upwards arrow.
> >
> > Regards
> > Henrik
> >
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Received on Sat Sep 13 2003 - 04:02:18 MDT