(unknown charset) Re: HTTP1.1 Proxy, clients multiple persistent connections

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, [iso-8859-2] Pøemysl Kouøil wrote:

> why client makes new connections to proxy when another persistent
> connection between same client and same proxy exists.

HTTP clients are not obligated to limit the number of concurrent
persistent connections.  For example, a client may use 1000 concurrent
persistent connections without violating any HTTP MUST.

Many clients open more than one connection to decrease real or
perceived response (download) time in case a large object or another
delay slows down responses on one connection.

HTH,

Alex.

Received on Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:22:21 UTC