Reverse Proxy Page Cannot Be Displayed

[wc1970]

I have Apache set up to run as a reverse proxy. When a user goes to the site using IE 6 with "Show Friendly HTTP Errors" enabled they get a "Page Cannot Be Displayed" error. However, when "Show Friendly HTTP Errors" is disabled the user is able to browse to the proxied site with no errors. It is not feasible to ask all users to disable the option in IE. What could be causing the error to display?

[jdMorgan]

That's a pretty weird problem, and indicates a potentially-serious problem with your server set-up.

Can you reproduce the problem with your own Internet Explorer?

Have you checked the server headers using something like the "Live HTTP Headers" extension for Firefox? I would strongly recommend doing so.

Note that IE only shows "friendly error pages" if:
1) There is an error status returned by the server -and-
2) The content returned is very short. Depending on the error code, the lower limit may be 256, 512, or 1024 bytes, and below that, IE shows its own error page.

Jim

[wc1970]

Thanks for the tip. I don't see any errors but the content length is only 125.

[wc1970]

Actually, there is a 302 code at the point IE hangs. The weird thing is that by using Firefox I do not get any error pages and the user is directed to the correct page through the proxy.

I would not be surprised if there is a configuration problem with Apache since I'm new to Apache.