CDN Application Proxy Front End With Varnish

[Caunter, Stefan]

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> From: varnish-misc-bounces at varnish-cache.org
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kh2008 at kennethhunt.com
> Sent: July-15-10 4:15 PM
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> Subject: CDN Application Proxy Front End With Varnish
>
> I am trying to support COMPRESSION between an IIS web server and a
.net
> SOAP client on the user side.
>
> I have configured the server to support compression, but the CLIENT
does
> not send ACCEPT_ENCODING requests.
>
> My question , is if using something like the following:
>
> sub vcl_recv {
> if (req.request == "POST")
>    {
> set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "gzip";
>    }
>              }
> I append this request from the PROXY to the server -- but the reply I
get
> back and sent to the client is also compressed. Is it possible to
remove
> the compression from the reply before  this is sent to client
computer?

Does it make a difference if you unset compression, either in web.config
in the relevant IIS directory, or at the website level?

>
>
Stefan Caunter :: Senior Systems Administrator :: TOPS
e: scaunter at topscms.com  ::  m: (416) 561-4871
www.thestar.com www.topscms.com

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