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- $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.59 2010/01/11 13:45:04 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.60 2010/01/29 17:02:59 fabiankeil Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
Sample Configuration File for Privoxy v&p-version;
</title>
<para>
- $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.59 2010/01/11 13:45:04 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.60 2010/01/29 17:02:59 fabiankeil Exp $
</para>
<para>
Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
This option has no effect if <application>Privoxy</application>
has been compiled without keep-alive support.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Note that a timeout of five seconds as used in the default
+ configuration file significantly decreases the number of
+ connections that will be reused. The value is used because
+ some browsers limit the number of connections they open to
+ a single host and apply the same limit to proxies. This can
+ result in a single website <quote>grabbing</quote> all the
+ connections the browser allows, which means connections to
+ other websites can't be opened until the connections currently
+ in use time out.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Several users have reported this as a Privoxy bug, so the
+ default value has been reduced. Consider increasing it to
+ 300 seconds or even more if you think your browser can handle
+ it. If your browser appears to be hanging it can't.
+ </para>
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-<![%config-file;[<literallayout>@@keep-alive-timeout 300</literallayout>]]>
+<![%config-file;[<literallayout>@@keep-alive-timeout 5</literallayout>]]>
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