- From: Scott Lawrence <lawrence@agranat.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:27:25 -0400
- To: Vinit Kumar <kumar_vinit@hotmail.com>, http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> From: Vinit Kumar > To: http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com > Subject: http proxy & tunnel differences ?? > A proxy works by taking a request from a client and > connecting to the origin > server indicated in the request. Here the client is configured to go > through the proxy. Actually, the client may or may not know about the proxy. > How does a http tunnel work. Is the initial connection similar ? > Does a client (browser) need to configured differently when > it goes through > a tunnel or is it same as the configuration required when it > goes through > the proxy ? Are there to separate tcp connections for each > request even in a > tunnel ? The difference is in the behavior of the intermediate system (proxy or tunnel). A tunnel just forwards the request and the response unmodified. A proxy at least adds its own identification to a Via header, and may also respond from a cache, require proxy authentication, or any number of other proxy-specific functions. -- Scott Lawrence Director of R & D <lawrence@agranat.com> Agranat Systems, Inc. Embedded Web Technology http://www.agranat.com/
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