Re: [squid-users] No protocol or hostname part of url problem

Can you allow direct access for that particular host? As in for that
host, bypass squid. How did you set the clients to use the proxy?
Transparent, manually set on client, Active Directory, etc...

William K. Hardeman wrote:

> I'm hoping someone can help me figure out a resolution to a problem we
> are having. Preferably a Squid-based solution, although I'll take
> anything that gets this working. :-)
>
> We have 2 users who use a PDA-based application to perform safety
> audits on-site. When they return to their office, they connect the PDA
> to their computer, log in to the application provider's web-site with
> their browser, then, using the PDA, upload the results of the audit to
> the provider.
>
> We just deployed a Squid proxy out there this past weekend, and they
> cannot now upload to the provider. In investigating the problem, I
> have discovered that the PDA application does not properly form the
> POST urls. What the PDA sends as the POST url is on the order of
> '/url/form.asp' instead of 'http://host.dom.ain/url/form.asp'.
>
> In examining the flow of events on the wire, it looks like the reason
> it works without Squid is that the HTTP packet has the host: header
> properly set. It looks like Squid doesn't examine that header if there
> is no hostname in the url.
>
> Here's a tcpdump of one of the problem packets, with relevant parts
> commented to protect the innocent:
>
> POST /comm/login.asp HTTP/1.1
> Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=unicode
> Accept-Charset: unicode
> User-Agent: CeHttp
> Host: xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.com
> Content-Length: 34
> Connection: Keep-Alive
> Cache-Control: no-cache
>
> sqsuser=xxxxxxx&sqspass=xxxxxxx
>
> I know the most proper answer to solving this is to see if the
> application provider has a fix for their broken application, but in
> the meantime, I have these users constantly bothering me about not
> being able to send their data. Anyone have any suggestions that could
> make Squid process these urls?
>
> Thanks,
> Will
Received on Sat Mar 25 2006 - 05:56:44 MST