> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:38:20 +0100 (CET)
> From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
> To: libcurl development <curl-library_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Subject: Re: make only connect, but not issue GET request
> Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1103172336120.20155_at_tvnag.unkk.fr>
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> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Pankaj Takawale wrote:
>
>> I tried with latest libcurl. I turned on CURLOPT_SSL_SESSIONID_CACHE. As per
>> n/w trace, "Client Hello" & "Server Hello" session-id's are same. Still
>> client & server goes ahead with certificate verification & key negotiation.
>
> ...
>
>> Am I missing here something?
>
> I really don't know much about the specifics of SSL session id caching from
> the SSL library's standpoint so I can't tell.
>
> I assume you re-use the handle and that should suffice, if libcurl and the SSL
> library are doing their jobs right.
>
>> I believe I can not use CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY since it doesn't put connection
>> into cache for further re-use?
>
> Exactly, hence my suggestion to use HEAD as it will and still won't get any
> response body to download.
>
> --
>
>  / daniel.haxx.se
>

I tried CONNECT_ONLY option after detecting broken connection using
LASTSOCKET and noticed that curl_easy_perform reuses the same
connection for further transfers.
This serves my purpose.
After debugging latest libcurl source code I found that
Curl_do_perform puts new connection (made using CONNECT_ONLY) into
connection-cache for further reuse.[url.c:2105 connect_host].
Curl debug message after making connect only connection: "Connection
#0 to host SERVER left intact"
at next request : "Re-using existing connection! (#0) with host SERVER"

I'm worried of bug #63 mentioned in
http://curl.basemirror.de/docs/knownbugs.html about CONNECT_ONLY.
Is it safe to use CONNECT_ONLY option in this case (I want to avoid
HEAD option). Or do you see any glitch in it.

Thanks for your involvement!

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