On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Jad Chamcham wrote:

> I have a question regarding how to avoid the re-use of HTTP connections when
> using CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL.

> Essentially if the app is going through a proxy and uses the CONNECT method
> for certain requests, how can I avoid subsequent requests (that don't use
> the CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL flag) from re-using the same connection, which
> will make the proxy tunnel these requests through to the wrong destination.

Ah, are you saying that the second connection is still using the proxy, just
not with CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL set? If that is the case, it sounds like
you've stepped right into a bug that needs to be fixed.

> What would be the best way to address this.

Make sure that the proxytunnel option is also taken into account when a
connection is re-used or not.

> Please note that I am using the multi interface.

The connection re-use logic is the exact same no matter which interface is
used.

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  / daniel.haxx.se
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