# Problem with port number in URLs via CERN httpd proxy server

David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk
Fri, 16 Dec 1994 18:24:05 +0100

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    Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 18:24:05 +0100

    Message-Id: <2244.787402731@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>

    From: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk

    To: Multiple recipients of list <www-proxy@www0.cern.ch>

    Subject: Problem with port number in URLs via CERN httpd proxy server

I'm running the CERN httpd (3.0) as a proxy, to provide a local cache.
This works fine. However, it fails to retrieve a document where the
URL provided by the user includes a non-standard port number. A
specific example is http://www.nag.co.uk:70/ which provokes httpd to
return a "Fatal error 500: ... system call 'connect' failed" page.

This URL works when a direct connection is made, avoiding the
proxy. Is this something I can get round by suitable configuration?
I can't see anything about this in the FAQ or bug list.

~~David Osborne
Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham

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