Re: [squid-users] Downloads not going through parent proxy, going DIRECT

From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:05:47 +0100

On 27.11.06 12:29, Geoff Varney wrote:
> I have been using Squid 2.6 with DansGuardian 2.9 for a while now and
> it's been working well, blocking downloads of various file types, etc.
> However, I'm just seeing today (not sure how long this has been going
> on!) that *some* sites are allowing exes to come through. What I'm
> seeing in the Squid access.log is like this (I tested from download.com
> with a normal account not allowed to download)
>
> TCP_MISS/200 185021 GET
> http://software-files.download.com/sd/g33i94D6JAAXtGO-PPSk_XhSmDf4MVuRC4
> CEP8QJjHfCg4aBx59AvP9DditCgw90rjIIHWsyB3P5NLlDhNcQeboRWRI19e-Z/software/
> 10607469/10279647/3/Scorched3D-40.1d.exe?lop=link&ptype=3000&ontid=7486&
> siteId=4&edId=3&pid=10607469&psid=10279647 test DIRECT/216.239.112.15
> application/octet-stream
>
> Is there something in the way this URL is written that sends this
> request out DIRECT instead of through the parent (DG) proxy?

you probably have uncommented the following line (as it is in default
squid.conf):
hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?

which causes all requests containing "?" (as the one above) to go direct.

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