Re: [squid-users] Odd IE 6 Squid SSL Error

It's maybe strange, but the last few weeks I have the same problem!
And I didn't change anything in the squid configuration.
This happens with a lot of HTTPS pages, but not in Mozilla/Netscape.
So I think something has changed in IE.

    B
Osborne, Mike wrote:

>Thank You,
>
>I know it is not a Squid issue. I was just wondering if anyone in this community had come across this issue. I was looking for a solution. Do you know of a fixed wininet.dll? Location it can be downloaded from?
>
>Thank you
>
>
>Mike Osborne
>Sr. Network Analyst
>St. Mary's General Hospital
>Kitchener Ontario
>(519) 749-6451
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Neto [mailto:tneto@komatsu.ca]
>Sent: June 17, 2004 12:14 PM
>To: Osborne, Mike
>Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
>Subject: Re: [squid-users] Odd IE 6 Squid SSL Error
>
>
>
>Hello,
>
>This is not a Squid problem. Check your access log. You will see an
>initial https request, then the client switches to regular http
>requests. It is a problem (bug) in Microsoft's wininet.dll.
>
>A wininet.dll version like "6.0.2800.1405" on Windows 2000 sp4 does not
>work correctly. A wininet.dll version like "6.0.3790.118" on Windows
>20003 does work correctly. The fact that it is a system library that
>contains the problem, any application making a https call is affected.
>
>Please see Microsoft for a fixed version of wininet.dll.
>
>Tim
>
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>Timothy E. Neto
> Computer Systems Engineer Komatsu Canada Limited
> Ph#: 905-625-6292 x265 1725B Sismet Road
> Fax: 905-625-6348 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
> E-Mail: tneto@komatsu.ca L4W 1P9
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>
>
>Osborne, Mike wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I was wondering if anyone has seen an issue like this. I have SQUID 2.5.STABLE1 on RedHat 9. I have always been able to access SSL pages. Since a recent Windows Update I get a Squid error. If I refresh I get the site. Other PC's that do not have the latest updates work fine.
>>
>>Any pointers would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>Here is the URL used for this example:
>>
>>https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/solicitOthers.aspx?EventID=838&LangPref=en-CA&RegistrationID=35295
>>
>>Here is the Error:
>>
>>
>>ERROR
>>The requested URL could not be retrieved
>>
>>While trying to retrieve the URL: </registrant/solicitOthers.aspx?EventID=838&LangPref=en-CA&RegistrationID=35295>
>>The following error was encountered:
>>* Invalid URL
>>Some aspect of the requested URL is incorrect. Possible problems:
>>* Missing or incorrect access protocol (should be `http://'' or similar)
>>* Missing hostname
>>* Illegal double-escape in the URL-Path
>>* Illegal character in hostname; underscores are not allowed
>>Your cache administrator is ProxyAdmin.
>>Generated Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:31:10 GMT by proxy.abc (squid/2.5.STABLE1)
>>
>>Thank You
>>
>>
>>Mike Osborne
>>Sr. Network Analyst
>>St. Mary's General Hospital
>>Kitchener Ontario
>>(519) 749-6451
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

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