Intel 1520 User Manual

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Intel NetStructure Cache Appliance Administrator’s Guide
Using the Protocols page
The Protocols page lets you view and change the selected appliance’s protocol 
configuration. You can tune HTTP, NNTP, and FTP timeout intervals; and 
configure the appliance to remove HTTP headers from documents to protect site 
and user privacy.
▼ Reaching the Protocols page
1
Be sure you are in configure mode. If not, click the CONFIGURE tab.
2
Click the Protocols page button.
The Protocols page is divided into four sections for configuring HTTP, NNTP, 
HTTPS, and FTP.
Configuring HTTP
The HTTP section lets you configure the appliance’s handling of HTTP. The 
following table describes the section’s options.
Option 
Definition 
Keep-Alive 
Timeout 
Inbound
Specifies how long the appliance should keep connections to 
users open for a subsequent request after a transaction ends. 
If the user does not make another request before the timeout 
expires, the appliance closes the connection. If the user does 
make another request, the timeout period starts over.
The user can close the connection at any time.
Keep-Alive 
Timeout 
Outbound
Specifies how long the appliance should keep open the 
connections to Web servers (content servers) for a 
subsequent transfer of data after a transaction ends. 
If the appliance does not need to make a subsequent request 
for data before the timeout expires, it closes the connection. 
Once the connection is closed, the timeout period starts over.
The Web server can close the connection at any time.
Inactivity 
Timeout 
Inbound
Specifies how long the appliance should keep connections to 
users open if a transaction stalls. If the appliance stops 
receiving data from a user or the user stops reading the data, 
the appliance closes the connection when this timeout 
expires.
The user can close the connection at any time.
Inactivity 
Timeout 
Outbound
Specifies how long the appliance should keep open 
connections to Web servers if the transaction stalls. If the 
appliance stops receiving data from a Web server, the 
appliance will not close the connection until this timeout has 
expired.
The Web server can close the connection at any time.