HTTP Proxy error "HTTP header too large" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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Issue

Squid recorded the following message in a /var/log/squid/cache.log :

2001/01/01 01:01:01| ctx: enter level 0: 'http://www.example.com/'
2001/01/01 01:01:01| httpProcessReplyHeader: Too large reply header
2001/01/01 01:01:01| ctx: exit level 0
2001/01/01 01:01:01| WARNING: http.c:724: HTTP header too large

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • squid

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