Re: [squid-users] Purpose of enable-linux-netfilter option.

Hi Henrik,

> But I have squid and linux version (which matches with the FAQ) as
> follows,
> still I am able to do the transparent caching without any issues.
> The FAQ says "To support netfilter transparent interception on Linux 2.4
> Squid must be compiled with the --enable-linux-netfilter option."

Actually no. Even if it may seem so your setup doesn't work fully.

What does not work without this option is "httpd_accel_host virtual"
which is required for HTTP/1.0 requests without a Host header. Without
the netfilter integration all Squid will see as destination address on
such requests is it's own address, not the real requested address.
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Thanks for the reply, this really helps me to understand the necessity to
use -enable-linux-netfilter option.

-logu
Received on Wed Mar 29 2006 - 21:56:39 MST