From ffa577417766a96e555a145d980722a8736c1d41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephane Bortzmeyer Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:12:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Use of proxies was underdocumented --- SRC/echoping.1 | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/SRC/echoping.1 b/SRC/echoping.1 index 304aa3e..b087d2f 100644 --- a/SRC/echoping.1 +++ b/SRC/echoping.1 @@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ Use the "discard" service instead of echo .IP -c Use the "chargen" service instead of echo .IP -h\ url -Use the HTTP protocol (instead of echo) for the given URL. The URL has to +Use the HTTP protocol (instead of echo) for the given URL. If the +hostname is the Web server, the URL has to be a relative one (for instance '/' or '/pics/foobar.gif') because HTTP 1.0 -servers will not understand a request for an absolute URL. +servers will not understand a request for an absolute URL. If the +hostname is a proxy/cache like Squid, the URL has to +be an absolute one. .IP -i\ url Use the ICP protocol (instead of echo) for the given URL. The URL has to be an absolute one. This is mostly for testing Squid Web proxy/caches.