[squid-users] Proxy refuses to connect with some sites

I am running a compiled version of Squid v2.4 stable1 on a Redhat Linux
v7.1 with a 2.4.3 kernel.
I am not running it as a transparent proxy rather through a .pac
autoconfig file for the web browsers.
Some sites squid just does not connect to giving connection refused
errors, I doubt all of these sites dont comply with rfc 1738, or use
underscorses in the url, rather I think many of them use long urls and
squid does not seem to like long urls. I find myself regularly adding
sites to exclude the .pac autoconfig file from connecting to via the
proxy but instead using a direct connection as a workaround.
Here are some examples of sites that timeout with Squid but connect fine
through a direct connection:-
www.theregister.co.uk
www.guardianunlimited.co.uk
www.ask.co.uk

Any ideas on how to solve this ?
Also is there any way to allow squid to stop ignoring sites that dont
comply with rfc 1738 ? Can a few lines of the source code be edited
prior to compiling squid to do this ?

Thanks

Mohamed Alwakeel
Received on Thu Jun 28 2001 - 09:55:45 MDT