[squid-users] Re: squid error messages through transparent?

Right. Did not read the question proper. The question on why IE does
not show the Squid errors are so common that I sort of assumed this
was the problem..

As these "failed" requests do not at all hit the proxy before IE has
redirected them there is not much we can do.

What you can do is to use a redirector that traps these idiotic
search requests (assuming the URL used is different from that of a
normal URL) and redirect the user to a page that is in your opinion
better.

Regards
Henrik

On Wednesday 28 February 2001 20:37, ryana@flashmail.com wrote:
> Well, IE forwards you to that default MSN search when it can't find
> a url --- couldn't figure out how to turn that off. Maybe you guys
> will at those XXX's in the next version of squid? =)
>
>
> Ryan Allik
> ryana@flashmail.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Squid Support (Henrik Nordstrom)" <hno@marasystems.com>
> To: <ryana@flashmail.com>
> Cc: "Squid Users" <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 4:25 AM
> Subject: Re: squid error messages through transparent?
>
> > It is IE who substitutes the error message presented by Squid
> > with what it thinks is better for the user to see.
> >
> > See Internet Options -> Advanced. There is an option called "Show
> > friendly HTTP errors", default to on..
> >
> > You should be able to hint to IE that the error message is good
> > for the user by extending it to be at least 10KB in size (I
> > think the threshold is 10KB, experiment a little if it does not
> > work).
> >
> >
> > <!-- THIS JUNK CONVINCES IE THAT THIS ERROR PAGE IS GOOD
> > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> > [repeat the XXX line something like 200 times..]
> > THIS JUNK CONVINCES IE THAT THIS ERROR PAGE IS GOOD -->
> >
> > The XXXXXX will get compressed for modem users to barely nothing
> > while in transit..
> >
> > Seems to work here.
> >
> > Regards
> > Henrik
> >
> > On Wednesday 28 February 2001 06:26, ryana@flashmail.com wrote:
> > > Is there anyway to configure squid for using it's error
> > > messages when a user hits a bad url instead of using the IE
> > > error message? For some reason, through transparent proxying
> > > the squid url error messages don't pop up like they would in a
> > > regular proxy config. How can I change this to use squid's?
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Ryan Allik
> > > ryana@flashmail.com
> >
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Received on Wed Feb 27 2002 - 13:42:00 MST