[Privoxy-devel] Query on Privoxy use case

[Ian Silvester]

If memory serves, this is a bug that is fixed in a more recent release.
You should upgrade to the latest version of Privoxy and see if the issue
is resolved.

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On Thu, 13 Oct 2016, at 11:18, Punit Mittal wrote:
> Hello guys,
> 
> I have been using Privoxy (3.0.23) since last few months and it has been
> working smoothly. Great work!
> 
> Now I am trying to get it working for a different use-case. Below is my
> understanding so far:
> 
> I am using Privoxy to forward all the requests as SOCKS5 to one of my
> servers (let's say S1). I have configured Privoxy to use keep-alive, thus
> its reusing the socket connections.
> 
> Now, suppose I change the Privoxy config to forward all the requests to
> another server(S2). Privoxy picks up the config change and for new
> requests, it will make new connections to S2.
> 
> However, Privoxy still re-uses the old socket connections to S1 from its
> pool (if upstream host-port is same). This goes on until old socket
> connections are timed-out and after that, Privoxy opens new connections
> as
> per the updated config.
> 
> Is there a way to close all the old sockets gracefully without restarting
> the Privoxy?
> 
> Hoping that I was able to explain clearly. I tried searching for more
> info
> but no luck there.
> -- 
> Punit Mittal
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