[squid-users] Fwd: Encrypted browser-squid connection

[Alex Rousskov]

On 11/12/18 12:52 AM, Alex Crow wrote:
> 
> On 12/11/2018 02:45, supraja sridhar wrote:
>> Hi,
>> When I try out the encrypted browser-squid connection, no URL loads. I
>> get the following error message in the squid access log.
>>
>>     1541989360.999      0 XXX.XX.XXX.XX NONE/000 0 NONE
>>     error:transaction-end-before-headers - HIER_NONE/- -
>>
>>
>> I have Firefox-59.0.1 running on Ubuntu  loaded with the following pac
>> file
>>
>>         function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
>>
>>         {
>>
>>          return "HTTPS XXX.XX.XXX.XXX:3129"
>>
>>         }


> Should be
> 
> return "PROXY XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:3129;"


Two problems with this suggestion:

* Major: "PROXY" is the wrong keyword for "Encrypted browser-squid
connection". OP's "HTTPS" was as correct as the email subject. See
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Proxy_servers_and_tunneling/Proxy_Auto-Configuration_(PAC)_file#Return_value_format

* Minor: Semicolons inside FindProxyForURL() return values are used to
delimit blocks. In this case, there is only one block so I would not add
a semicolon before the closing quote. Adding a semicolon at the end of
the return statement (i.e. _after_ the closing quote) may be a good idea
even though it is not required in this specific context IIRC.

Alex.