Re: SSL

From: Jon Zeeff <jon@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 09:00:02 -0400 (EDT)

Is it possbile to use this method in a transparent accelerator
proxy with multiple origin web sites? Ie, does SSL have the
equivalent of the Host: header?

> Leon Bester wrote:
> >
> > Does Squid 1.1.22 support SSL?
>
> Yes.
>
> > HOW?
>
> Throught the SSL-tunnelling protocol (the CONNECT method).
> This allows the client to create an end-to-end data-pipe through squid
> to the target server. Squid then just shovels bytes each way as they
> appear, until the connection is closed. No caching is performed, since
> squid (obviously) is not a party to the encryption, and should not be.
> Squid neither knows nor cares about the bytes moving through.
>
> D
>
>
Received on Sat Oct 17 1998 - 06:41:25 MDT

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