Re: [squid-users] Problems while connecting to yahoo webmail service

Hello Etienne Pretorius,

I have rechecked my IPFW firewall rules on my squid proxy, but I don't think it's an issue with the firewall.

My other FreeBSD squid servers with the exact configuration can connect to yahoo webmail service.

For now, I am redirecting all traffic of yahoo mail to other proxy servers. It works but then it's not a solution.

By the way, are any of you facing problems connecting to yahoo's webmail service?

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:26:12 +0200
Etienne Pretorius <etiennep@kingsley.co.za> wrote:

> As far as I recall, squid is an HTTP proxy and not an HTTPS proxy (can
> not be cached... and could only operate as a Man in the Middle). Allow
> FORWARD HTTPS requests through your firewall.
>
> Kind Regards
> Etienne
>
> Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote:
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> > Mernoz,
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion but rebooting is not working in my case.
> >
> > I would say that it's a problem while accessing secure sites of yahoo
> > and some other sites like webmail.earthlink.net
> >
> > Can somebody shed some light on this issue?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:49:39 +0200
> > "Mernoz Rostangi" <mi007@emilmoz.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I do get a similar problem ! But for me it says: connection refused !
> >>
> >> I did restart the server (complete reboot) and until now it is
> >> working fine.
> >>
> >> :-)
> >> ./m
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Tek Bahadur Limbu
> >> [mailto:teklimbu@wlink.com.np]
> >> To: squid-users
> >> [mailto:squid-users@squid-cache.org]
> >> Sent: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:30:57
> >> +0200
> >> Subject: [squid-users] Problems while connecting to yahoo webmail
> >> service
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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> >>> Dear All,
> >>>
> >>> I am getting the following error while connecting to: mail.yahoo.com
> >>>
> >>> The surprising part is that some of my proxy servers can connect to
> >>> this site while some can't.
> >>>
> >>> I am very puzzled why this is happening. The web browsers shows the
> >>> following error:
> >>>
> >>> While trying to retrieve the URL:
> >>> http://us.f572.mail.yahoo.com/ym/login?
> >>>
> >>> The following error was encountered:
> >>>
> >>> * Connection Failed
> >>>
> >>> The system returned:
> >>>
> >>> (60) Operation timed out
> >>>
> >>> The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request
> >>> again.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Access.log shows:
> >>>
> >>> [22/Nov/2006:14:06:48 +0545] "GET http://mail.yahoo.com/ HTTP/1.1"
> >>> 302 576 TCP_MISS:DIRECT
> >>>
> >>> Cache.log doesn't seem to show any entries regarding the above
> >>> site.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> If I put https://mail.yahoo.com, I get the following
> >>>
> >>> [22/Nov/2006:14:10:54 +0545] "CONNECT mail.yahoo.com:443 HTTP/1.1"
> >>> 200 5569 TCP_MISS:DIRECT
> >>>
> >>> But still, I can't connect to yahoo's email service page.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> If you want more debug information, I can send it.
> >>>
> >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >>>
> >>> Note: All my proxy servers are running Squid-2.5 on FreeBSD.
> >>>
> >>> - --
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> With best regards and good wishes,
> >>>
> >>> Yours sincerely,
> >>>
> >>> Tek Bahadur Limbu
> >>>
> >>> (TAG/TDG Group)
> >>> Jwl Systems Department
> >>>
> >>> Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
> >>>
> >>> Jawalakhel, Nepal
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> >
> >
> > - --
> >
> >
> > With best regards and good wishes,
> >
> > Yours sincerely,
> >
> > Tek Bahadur Limbu
> >
> > (TAG/TDG Group)
> > Jwl Systems Department
> >
> > Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
> >
> > Jawalakhel, Nepal
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-- 
With best regards and good wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Tek Bahadur Limbu
(TAG/TDG Group)
Jwl Systems Department
Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.