[Tfug] Squid help?

[Jude Nelson]

Hey all,

I'm trying to use Squid as a file caching mechanism to fill the following
role:

(0) the application starts an HTTP server (Python's default one) on
localhost
(1) the application needs to get a file
(2) the application asks local Squid daemon for the file
(3a) if Squid has it, it gives the application the file and the application
processes it
(3b) if Squid does not have it, the application will:
(3b(a)) download the file
(3b(a)) put the file into Squid by issuing an HTTP GET request to localhost;
Squid, being a proxy between the application and the HTTP server set up in
(0) reads the file into its cache

Basically, I'm trying to use Squid as a local file cache.  It will not be
accessible from any host except localhost.  However, I can't ever establish
a connection with Squid--any HTTP GETs I try to pass through Squid, either
to a file on localhost or to file on a remote host, always result in HTTP
400.  Each line in my /var/cache/squid3/access.log file looks like this:

1259687247.985      0 127.0.0.1 NONE/400 1989 GET
/home/jude/Desktop/finals.txt - NONE/- text/html

(the aforementioned line was generated via a GET to "
http://localhost:3128/home/jude/Desktop/finals.txt").  My firewall settings
allow Squid; in fact, turning off the firewall has no effect.

I am not very familiar with Squid's default settings, and Google has yet to
reveal anything useful.  Is there something I need to add/remove to the
config?  My ACL already allows requests from localhost, and I haven't
changed the default HTTP port.  Is Squid even capable of fulfilling the roll
I want it to fulfill?

Thanks,
Jude
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