RE: [squid-users] Transparent proxy - some pages show up blank

Scary part is HTTP is such a simple protocol yet people have so many
issues.
Transparent is fool proof(assuming you do your homework), but implicit
is definitely more robust. In Fail over situation transparent really
starts to shine. It is very simple to originate a default route through
a L4 redirect, with implicit the only good option is dns timeout.
If you really a crackpot you can redirect both for fail over. Service
and health checks are a sweet thing.

I opted for transparent because the administration is fool proof and
auth is not required.
Just works.......

I would love to hear other ideas as well if anyone if offering :-)

Ted

On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 15:19 -0800, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Rod Savard wrote:
>
> > > Configuring the client to use the proxy is a solution.
> >
> > I understand what you're saying, but we specifically do not want to
> > configure the client to use a proxy and for a good reason... and not
> > because it's difficult to configure everyone's IE to use a proxy (it's
> > easy with Windows Group Policy).
> >
> > The problem is with mobile users who plug their laptops into a broadband
> > connection at a hotel, their house, etc. If their browser is set to use
> > a proxy for LAN connections, then they won't be able to use IE when not
> > on our corporate LAN. Transparent proxying seems to provide a perfect
> > workaround to this problem (besides the recent discovery that a few web
> > pages show up "blank").
>
> Defining a specific proxy is not a "good" idea for the reasons that you
> specify; however, this problem is addressed for IE users by configuring
> the browser to use "Web proxy automatic detection". Several hotel chains
> that I've stayed at require you to set this feature or set a specific web
> proxy in order to access Internet web content.
>
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> >
> > It'd be interesting to figure out if the problem is with Squid or IE.
> >
> > ---
> > Rod Savard, MCP, CCA - Senior Network Administrator
> > SCM Consultants, Inc. - www.scm-ae.com
> > (509) 783-1625 or (509) 948-1254
> >
> >
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