RE: [squid-users] Trouble getting to www.priceline.com

Here is the error message I get in the browser.

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.priceline.com/=20

The following error was encountered:=20

Connection Failed=20
The system returned:=20

(111) Connection refused

The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.=20

Your cache administrator is it@uwcaw.uwc.org.=20

Generated Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:31:17 GMT by squid.ahuwc.local
(squid/2.5.STABLE2)



-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:hno@squid-cache.org]=20
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 2:08 PM
To: Bert Beaudin; squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Trouble getting to www.priceline.com


On Friday 12 September 2003 21.10, Bert Beaudin wrote:
> Hello all
> I'm running squid-2.5.STABLE2 with transparent proxy running and=20
> all is good. The one problem is my clients are having trouble getting=20
> to: www.priceline.com=3D20 =3D20 I get this in my logs:=3D20 =3D20=20
> TCP_MISS/503 1380 GET http://www.priceline.com/ - NONE/- text/html =
=3D20

> When I bypass the squid box I can get to it.

Anything in cache.log?

What error is given to the user? and no, by error I do not mean the=20
generic say-nothing-but-bullshit Internet Explorer error message, I=20
mean the real error message which says Squid at the bottom. If you=20
get the IE error message reconfigure your brovser to show the real=20
error messages before you attempt to ever use that browser again or=20
you risk getting totally brainwashed and dumbfounded from your=20
application/os provider threating you as a child who might be scared=20
by the real facts on what it going on.

Have you read the Squid FAQ, especially the section relating to the OS=20
you are using? If your proxy is running on Linux-2.4 then it is very=20
likely the answer is found there.

Regards
Henrik

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