Re: Accel forwarding and cgi's?

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> Hi,
> > We've set up a situation where we want to use squid to cache
> > for us, but not things like cgi-bin/mhtml/shtml/php . However, it seems
> > that when a request for a CGI is processed, its getting passed to the server
> > and not passing the information about REMOTE_HOST and such correctly. Am
> > I missing something?
> I have tested it. We use a Squid-1.1.5 at our campus (proxy.vein.hu) and a
> parent using Squid-1.1.4 (helka.iif.hu) and I tested a URL that is
> retrieved thru these two proxies.
> The result of the test-cgi script which is part of the Apache distribution
> is as follows:
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> CGI/1.0 test script report:
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> Of course, the remote host variable is set to the settings of the child
> cache, but this is normal.
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        But then all security type features relating to domain names and/or
ip addresses from either scripts or servers (allow/deny) are useless, correct?
Isn't this a major problem for people running accel's?
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> > The other issue I see is with .htaccess protected files. How does
> > the system handle those?
>
> These are proxied but not cached.
>
        I'm only talking accel, so your saying the system will need to
re-get these pages constantly anyway, right?

                        Tuc/TTSG
Received on Thu Feb 13 1997 - 07:03:04 MST