[Owasp-proxy] speed difference with two proxies

[Rogan Dawes]

On 2010/06/13 12:21 AM, Ricardo Filipe wrote:
>
> ok, i retested because i wasn't sure if i had tested on both sides...
> i had tested with only the reverse proxy on for sure.
> now i tested again and the slowdown comes from using the proxy in the
> client machine. if i leave it on and disconnect the reverse proxy i
> still get the slow speed like i have with both proxies on.
> still, it goes from 1 second to 4 seconds to transfer a webpage which
> kind of sucks :P
>
> i guess that is normal then. sorry for the fuss.

No, it shouldn't be normal.

Is your client proxy doing any processing over and above what the 
default proxy comes with?

Perhaps you are buffering when you should not be, etc.

Can you try with a plain proxy that does no processing, simply relaying 
the requests and responses without buffering?

Rogan