alright, I got squid 2.5 to build with the ICAP client patch, but is there some standard ICAP server that will do this for me, or do I need to write some ICAP module myself that adds the Content-Length header?
Thanks, eric. On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 09:36:23AM -0600, Alex Rousskov wrote: > On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 13:05 -0500, Eric wrote: > > > I need a way to force squid to include the correct > > Content-length header for every response, even if it's not included by > > the originating server. > > In Squid3, the simplest way of doing that may be using an ICAP server. > The server will get every response preview (just the HTTP headers) and > will request the whole response if there is no Content-Length. The > server will then add the Content-Length header. Squid3 and its ICAP > client is not ready for production use yet, but we are actively working > on it. > > In Squid2, I am not sure whether the ICAP client implementation can > handle such an "abuse", but you can test. > > I am sure it is possible to do this in Squid directly, without ICAP, but > cannot give you hints. There are at least two major advantages of using > ICAP for this: > > - Avoid Squid code bloat. > - Your solution will work with any popular proxy, not just Squid. > > $0.02, > > Alex. > > -- http://ir.iit.edu/~ej
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