Re: [squid-users] Is is safe to use the reply_body_max_size on client side?

This information is very helpful.
Thanks again,

-Neha
--- Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz> wrote:

> > Thanks for the reply Amos!
> >
> > So you are saying that it would still download
> > X-bytes, but firefox wont know that it is cut.
> > I guess that is fine as long as firefox doesn't
> hang
> > waiting for some termination signal.
>
> It's probably okay for browsers like FFx, IE, etc.
> They have logics to
> detect short files.
> It's child proxy caches and some other softwares
> that have the bigger
> issues. I know SpyBot Search&Destroy and AVG for one
> can't handle any
> deviation their update sig files.
>
> Amos
>
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > -Neha
> >
> > --- Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> Neha Nahar wrote:
> >> > Hello everyone,
> >> >
> >> > I want to limit the size of a webpage
> downloaded
> >> by my
> >> > browser (Firefox) to 2MB.
> >> > I plan to use squid as the proxy.
> >> > Will setting up the reply_body_max_size to 2MB
> >> limit
> >> > it for me ?
> >> > I read the Squid documentation regarding
> >> > reply_body_max_size. It says that it wont work
> for
> >> > downstream caches. I am not sure what that
> means.
> >> > Is downstream cache from client to web server
> or
> >> from
> >> > web server to client.
> >>
> >> Client web browser is as far 'down' as the
> request
> >> chain gets. Original
> >> web server as far 'up'.
> >>
> >> A web page or file sent out without any
> information
> >> on length, which
> >> gets cut at X-bytes long instead of its actual
> >> length. A program reading
> >> those X-bytes without any way of knowing its cut
> >> will assume its
> >> complete. Using this option will cause such
> >> file-cutting to be done and
> >> *will* seriously screw up some content for caches
> >> acting as clients of
> >> yours.
> >>
> >> Regarding the 2MB limit, it applies to all
> bodies.
> >> That will affect any
> >> data files downloaded as well as HTML.
> >>
> >>
> >> Amos
> >> --
> >> Please use Squid 2.6STABLE17+ or 3.0STABLE1+
> >> There are serious security advisories out on all
> >> earlier releases.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > -Neha Nahar
> > " Work for cause and not for applause, live to
> express and not to
> > impress !"
> >
> >
> > Now you can chat without downloading
> messenger. Go to
> >
> http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php
> >
> >
>
>
>

-Neha Nahar
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