Re: [squid-users] Using a helper program with squid

I think you should look into ICAP.

Regards
Henrik

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, Sasan Dashtinezhad wrote:

> Has anybody gotten a chance to look at the replied email? I'd appreciate it
> if somebody could at least give me a "yes or no" response.
>
> Regards,
> --Sasan
>
> Sasan Dashtinezhad wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'm trying to use squid as my proxy, but in a rather weird setup. I need
>> the HTTP packets to be sent to another connection (not the original
>> connection from which the request was received) and then read the response
>> from another connection and send that to the original connection. I.e.,
>> client sends request to squid
>> squid connects to original server
>> squid reads response R
>> squid sends R to x.y.z:p (somewhere on the Internet) and closes
>> the connection when done
>> squid opens a new connection to x.y.z:p to read the response
>> squid reads response R'
>> squis sends R' to client
>>
>> I know that squid is a powerful tool and can be configured in several
>> ways. Is it possible for me to do all of this (or something similar) using
>> the configuration mechanisms of squid? Or do I have to dive into the
>> source code and try implementing this myself...? (I'm having a feeling
>> that I might be able to do this using peers.)
>>
>> Any help is strongly appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>> --Sasan
>>
>>
>
Received on Wed Aug 04 2004 - 15:09:11 MDT