Re: [squid-users] Problem with IE6 SP1 proxy authentication

On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 18:57, Wim Ceulemans wrote:

> 1. squid-2.4.STABLE7 gives a:
> Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
> 2. squid-2.2.STABLE4 gives a:
> Proxy-Connection: close
>
> That's why this IE bug does not happen with older versions of squid.
> Does anyone know how to force squid-2.4.STABLE7 to close the connection
> in stead of keeping it alive?

use client_persistent_connections off in squid.conf.

> Also is this correct reasoning: after a proxy authentication the
> connection should always be finished by the browser even if keep-alive
> header is present? Or is this to be considered a bug in squid?

The reasoning is incorrect. The persistence of a connection, and the
presence or absence of HTTP authentication details are unrelated.

Rob

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