[squid-users] HTTP POST split across two TCP/IP packets by squid

Greetings,

We have Squid 2.5 STABLE2 installed. When we submit a login HTML form from our web application, all of the HTTP POST data is sent in a single TCP/IP packet from the browser's TCP/IP stack. After it traverses Squid, the data portion of the POST is continued into another packet.

The problem occurs because the continued packet seems to cause a deadlock condition. The web server expects additional information from the TCP/IP stream which is in the continued packet. The browser sent a single packet, so it is waiting on the web server. Eventually, the web server times out with an HTTP 408.

We checked RFC 2616 (HTTP) and there are no provisions for this situation, which I expect because it appears to be a TCP/IP issue. It also appears that either the web server is confused or the operating systems TCP/IP demultiplexer is confused. We don't think it's a proxy issue, but thought we would ask here to confirm.

We appreciate any other suggestions. I can post the TCP/IP dumps from each interface point if that is helpful.

Thanks for your time.
Jeff

Jeffery Cann
Senior System Engineer
Technology Engineering
Standard & Poor's
7400 South Alton Court
Centennial, CO 80112
(303) 721-4635 (w)
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Received on Fri Apr 04 2003 - 10:55:31 MST