[squid-users] RE: Odd requests coming in via Squid servers

Hi,
Any ideas at all? I'm worried that these caching servers are picking up
incorrect files which could make our site unstable.

Thanks,
-Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Foote [mailto:squid@icrushyou.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 7:54 PM
To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: Odd requests coming in via Squid servers

Hi,
Please forgive me if this has been covered already or if this is the wrong
place to ask this. I tried going through the archives but didn't see
anything.

I've been seeing some odd requests for files on my website recently and I'm
trying to figure out if it's affecting users and if there's anything that
can be done about it. Looking back, it looks like this has been going on
since at least March but has been increasing in frequency lately. Here's
what I'm seeing in our server logs:

The requests all have headers that indicate the request came through a Squid
server:
(Squid/2.1.PATCH2), (Squid/2.4.STABLE7), or (squid/2.5.STABLE1)
They all fail because a number in the URL is off, usually by 5 or 10. For
example, one request came is as:
/303071639/stylesheets/intro.css
Should have been:
/303071634/stylesheets/intro.css

Occasionally, there will be a c. added to the front of the domain name:
c.corp.globalenglish.com
instead of:
corp.globalenglish.com

Most of the time, but not always, the cookie and referrer are missing from
the header.

This has been happening for .css and .js files, possibly other types as
well.

Any ideas what could be changing the URLs in this way? Is this preventing
users from receiving the files or is it an additional request the server
makes in the background for some reason?

Thanks,
-Brian
Received on Tue Nov 25 2003 - 11:47:02 MST