On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:33 AM, drew wymore <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Derek Loree <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 01:04 -0700, drew wymore wrote: >> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Derek Loree <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Hi All, >> > > >> > > I've got a problem that I hope you all can help me with. >> > > >> > > The goal: A content filtering proxy server for a small number of users >> > > that don't need to pay for the service, no need for a captive portal. >> > > Log file display or conveyance has been requested. >> > > >> > > Current setup: Puppy Linux setup with the devx pup, manual installs >> of >> > > dualserver (for DHCP and DNS), tinyproxy and dansguardian. A firewall >> > > rule to redirect port 80 to 8080 (where dansguardian is listening) to >> > > make it a transparent proxy. Another to block the port that tinyproxy >> > > is listening on. >> > > >> > > Using my laptop as a test client, everything works as advertised until >> I >> > > point my browser at the Awstats home page (looking for a log display >> > > solution). The error that I get with Firefox in Windows and most >> > > browsers in linux is "Content Encoding Error" and some verbage about >> an >> > > incompatible compression scheme. IE, of course, only gives the usual >> > > "Page cannot be displayed" error. If I by-pass dansguardian by >> turning >> > > on the proxy setting in the browser and pointing it at tinyproxy, I >> can >> > > see the awstat web site. So, the cause of the error is dansguardian, >> > > however, the error is not generated by dansguardian. It is generated >> by >> > > the browser. The log files do not say anything about any problems, >> all >> > > is normal according to them. >> > > >> > > The only clue I found had to do with zlib encoding, so I rebuilt >> > > dansguardian with the --with-zlib-static switch so that the zlib >> library >> > > would be statically linked. No change. I tried changing all kinds of >> > > configuration options. No change. I downloaded the source code for >> > > zlib and installed it. No change. I rebuilt dansguardian, again. No >> > > change. >> > > >> > > I feel like I'm missing something, mainly because this does not seem >> to >> > > have stumped very many people, and dansguardian is not the only cause. >> > > The disheartening part is that the pleas for help went unanswered. >> > > >> > > Now I am crying for help, please help with any clues you might have. >> > > >> > > Thank you sincerely, >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Derek Loree <[email protected]> >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > PLUG mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > >> > >> > I assume awstats is hosted on a local webserver? Perhaps disabling >> content >> > compression support in Apache might do the trick. >> > >> No, I meant the real website: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ >> >> > Drew- >> > _______________________________________________ >> > PLUG mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> -- >> Derek Loree <[email protected]> >> Loree Consulting >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > Ah my bad, thanks for the clarification. > > Maybe try turning off encoding support on your test client assuming > Firefox and see what happens. > > > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.accept-encoding#Possible_values_and_their_effects > > According to www.netcraft.com sourceforge.net is running a F5 Big-IP: > http://www.f5.com/products/big-ip/ which has its own built in webserver. > I've found some config files floating around for the webserver running on it > and maybe it's sending some weird content compression encoding that doesn't > involve gzip || deflate which seem to be the default accepted values in > Firefox. Maybe they're sending compress instead and it needs to be added. > The Firebug add-on for Firefox will show you the headers being sent by the > server. > > Hope that helps, > Drew- > It looks to be sending only gzip compressed data according to http://www.port80software.com/tools/compresscheck.asp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fawstats.sourceforge.net&Submit1=Check+Compression _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
