Re: [squid-users] squid config help required

 On Tue, 3 May 2011 10:13:28 +0800, Colin Coe wrote:
> Is anyone using squirm successfully with squid v3.1.x? I can't get
> anything to match

 Yes, several. Not me, I just know of people.

>
> Questions
> - Does the url_rewrite_program work correctly in 3.1.4?

 Yes. The only bugs are around invalid URL output from the helper.

> - At what stage are URLs passed to url_rewrite_program?

 Right after request ICAP/eCAP adaptation, which is itself immediately
 after parsing and http_access.

> - I believe I need to rewrite in both directions, can I do this with
> url_rewrite_program?

 No. location_rewrite_program is needed to re-write server redirect
 URLs. That has not been ported to Squid-3 yet. Patches *very* welcome.

>
> Looking at
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/url_rewrite_program/,
> are the changes to the explanatory text below correct/better?
> ---
> -Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
> +Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
> Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
>
> -For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
> +For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive one line with the
> format
> ---
>
> The documentation may be clear, but it isn't clear to me.

 That does read better. Applied.

 Amos
Received on Tue May 03 2011 - 02:56:21 MDT