On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Gustaf Hui wrote:

> If I were to use proxy with cURL handle, does that mean the only open
> connection will be to the proxy? And the same connection will be reused,
> no matter what URL it is?

Uh, yes. For all URLs except https:// ones.

> How about tunneling SSL through the proxy?

That's the exception.

> Is it more efficient to reuse handle that has prior request to the same
> host, or does it matter?

The curl handle is always better re-used. If it can it'll re-use a
connection, but there are other kinds of caches too that it'll benefit from.

> The proxy is only used for caching, so for SSL, is it better off without
> the proxy?

For SSL, proxies serve no useful purpose. Correct.

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