[squid-users] Passing XML through squid proxy

[Alex Rousskov]

On 5/1/20 10:56 AM, Cindy Yoho wrote:

> When the Order Entry server sends the XML code,
> we get an error returned to the server making the request

Perhaps your Order Entry server does not use HTTP when talking to Squid?

Squid does not really care about the request payload, but the request
has to use the HTTP transport protocol. So sending a SOAP/XML request
payload over HTTP is OK, but sending raw SOAP (or SOAP over something
other than HTTP) is not.

If you can post a packet capture of the Order Entry server talking to
Squid (not the text interpretation of Squid response but the actual
packets going from the Order Entry server to Squid; use libpcap format
which is often the default for Wireshark export), then we should be able
to confirm whether your Order Entry server is using the right protocol
to talk to/through Squid.

The same packet capture can point to HTTP request problems if the Order
Entry server is using HTTP but sending some HTTP token that Squid does
not like (or not sending an HTTP token that Squid needs).


HTH,

Alex.