Re: SSL request handling in Squid.

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:41:20 +0200

Mahip Singh Hanspal wrote:

> Like I want to know how the handshake(according to SSL spec) is done
> at socket level.

That is between the origin server and the client only. Squid establish a
transparent TCP tunnel. In effect CONNECT can be used to connect to and
TCP based service, not only SSL. This is why the ACL's for restricting
it to the known SSL ports exists.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker
Received on Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:45:05 MDT

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