I thought I tested everything, but I was wrong.. good call.. uhm.. I believe if we make this change it'll work too: my $REQUEST = "GET $PAGE HTTP/1.0 \n\n"; goes to: my $REQUEST = "GET $PAGE\n\n"; I tested it on my apache server and it seemed to work fine.. and I recall from past experience with Squid, that it will work. lemme know if you find differently..