Thanks Peter, I have another squid box with the same squid.conf configuration (however, it's transparent) at another location and it works fine with hotmail. That's strange. It's running on port 3128 I wonder if the firewall (Cisco PIX) needs to know about that port.
Regards, Trevor. -----Original Message----- From: Peter Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [squid-users] Zero Sized Reply [attn: long post] I would like to say that I am using ~4 Squid-2.5.STABLE4's which have about 190-250 users connected to each on average and haven't had any problems with "Zero Sized Reply"s. I would probably suspect my connection if that were the case. I'll post my squid.conf, however, so you can look at it: (Hope it helps, sorry for the <censored>s) hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? no_cache deny QUERY acl virus1 urlpath_regex /readme\.exe$ http_access deny virus1 acl virus2a dstdomain us.f1.yahoofs.com acl virus2b urlpath_regex /timeupdate\.exe$ http_access deny virus2a virus2b acl virus3 urlpath_regex /explorer\.exe$ http_access deny virus3 acl virus4 dstdomain mars.raketti.net http_access deny virus4 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access allow all # ICP Peer: acl peer1 src <censored> cache_peer <censored> sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only weight=3 cache_peer_access <censored> deny QUERY cache_peer_access <censored> allow all acl peer2 src <censored> cache_peer <censored> sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only weight=2 cache_peer_access <censored> deny QUERY cache_peer_access <censored> allow all acl peer3 src <censored> cache_peer <censored> sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only weight=1 cache_peer_access <censored> deny QUERY cache_peer_access <censored> allow all icp_access allow all # SNMP: acl snmppublic <censored> snmp_access allow snmppublic snmp_access deny all # Timeouts: read_timeout 5 minutes request_timeout 30 seconds pconn_timeout 60 seconds half_closed_clients on shutdown_lifetime 0 seconds negative_ttl 30 seconds icp_query_timeout 1000 milliseconds cache_effective_user squid cache_effective_group squid cache_dir aufs /cache1 4096 64 64 cache_dir aufs /cache2 4096 64 64 cache_dir aufs /cache3 4096 64 64 cache_mem 256 MB maximum_object_size 256 MB minimum_object_size 0 request_body_max_size 0 request_header_max_size 64 KB # Just in case, skew the cache registration to go NOWHERE: announce_host localhost visible_hostname <censored> http_port 3128 cache_mgr <censored> append_domain <censored> cache_store_log none strip_query_terms off ftp_user <censored> acl admin src <censored> fqdncache_size 0 extension_methods SEARCH BPROPFIND acl PURGE method PURGE acl localhost src 127.0.0.1 http_access allow PURGE localhost http_access deny PURGE coredump_dir / log_icp_queries off Peter Trevor wrote: >Hello, > >We use squid 2.5-STABLE-3 (port 3128) to connect to the Internet via >traditional browser proxy configuration. Everything works great except for >specific sites (yahoo mail, aol mail, hotmail, and sometimes mapquest). >These sites return a "Zero Sized Reply" error message. Disabling squid >allows traffic through. > >Was this problem ever addressed? HotMail fails with that message every >time. Sometimes mapquest works, but other times it fails as well. > >I have looked at http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html#ss11.51 to >see if there is any information that can solve my "Zero Sized Reply" >problem. It looks like nobody knows what is going on, as it's full of >speculation. I have deleted cookies, disabled persitance connections, and >ensured that ECN is set to "0". Nothing. The problem is still here. > >I think I have read every single post on "Zero Sized Reply" on google. Why >is this problem all over the place and why can't anybody figure it out? >It's a very common problem. Hopefully, someone here can spot what's wrong. >I really would appreciate solving this issue. I'd be happy do document and >post any additional information to the FAQ so that other people in the >future can fix their configurations. > >Below is my squid.conf configuration: ><SNIP> > >Regards, >Trevor. > > > > >