Yes! That SSL _Bump_ name! Thanks for explaining the origins.
On 23:53, Thu, Apr 21, 2016 Alex Rousskov <rouss...@measurement-factory.com> wrote: > On 04/21/2016 02:22 PM, Antony Stone wrote: > > > Forgive me if this is answered in the documentation somewhere (but please > > point me at it if so, because I haven't been able to find it), but where > do the > > terms "bump", "peek", "splice" and "stare" come from? > > "splice" comes from a standard networking technique of "TCP splicing" > which is exactly what Squid is trying to do when the "splice" action wins. > > "bump" comes from a more-or-less standard networking concept of "bump in > the wire" that describes temporary elevating processing to the next > protocol level. In Squid's case, we are temporary elevating processing > from SSL to HTTP level. > > "peek" comes from the English verb "to peek" which means "look quickly" > and has such synonyms as "take a stealthy look", which is exactly what > Squid is trying to do when the "peek" action wins. > > "stare" comes from the English verb "to stare" and was chosen as a kind > of antonym to "to peek". When Squid stares at the SSL exchanges, it may > modify things and generally prepare connections for bumping, which is a > much longer operation compared to peeking. > > There is also "terminate" which does what it says. > > > In my biased opinion, the action names are actually pretty accurate and > descriptive. My only regret is that the feature itself was called SSL > _Bump_ and not something more action-neutral. Unfortunately, I did not > predict the necessary for more actions when we started writing bumping > code. > > Alex. > > _______________________________________________ > squid-users mailing list > squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org > http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users >
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