Re: Explicit proxy options and defaults

On 10 December 2013 02:59, Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> wrote:
> Ted wrote:
>> If an explicit proxy can only tell a client on
>> a per destination basis that it doesn't support CONNECT, using it will mean
>> a big performance penalty much of the time.
>
> I don't see immediately why it would need more than 1 client-proxy RTT, which
> should be quite fast in most cases...

This is a good point.  Even where the proxy is hard to reach,
connecting to a new site at a cost of one (extra) RTT doesn't sound
like a bad thing.

> Maybe mobile environments where transmitting has big latency?

In the mobile case, assuming that you are going to continue
transmitting, that front-loaded latency is a price that is going to be
paid regardless.

Received on Tuesday, 10 December 2013 18:10:41 UTC