Re: [squid-users] what is a pinned connection

Thanks a lot Kinkie.

-Nipun

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Kinkie <gkinkie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 1:03 PM, nipun_mlist Assam <nipunmlist_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> In case of squid upstream proxy configuration, I frequently encounter
>> a term "pinned connections".
>> What does "pinned connection" mean ?
>
> Some authentication protocols (NTLM and IIRC Negotiate) associate a
> status to a TCP connection. In order for them to work correctly
> through proxies, the upstream TCP connection must be associated
> permanently with the downlink connection, or authentication will be
> unreliable. This association is, in squid jargon, named "pinning".
>
> --
> /kinkie

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Regards,
Nipun Talukdar
Bangalore