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Connection types

Art | Last updated: Jan 18, 2017 01:23PM UTC

Hello. In every single site my connection is closed is it ok?Can i use burp with closed connection or there is something wrong

PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Jan 18, 2017 01:44PM UTC

Do you mean the TCP socket is closed after the response has completed? If so, this fine. Burp intentionally closes connections, and works fine with servers that do the same.

Burp User | Last updated: Jan 18, 2017 01:51PM UTC

I saw in videos connection was keep-alive and thought that something was wrong

Liam, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Jan 18, 2017 03:43PM UTC

In the vast majority of cases having the connection set to closed should speed up your scanning. For this reason Burp sets the "Connection: close" as a default. However, you can alter this setting via Proxy > Options > Miscellaneous > Set "Connection: close" on incoming requests. Please let us know if you need any further assistance.

Burp User | Last updated: Jul 04, 2018 07:12AM UTC

I as well have the connection type set to "closed". From what I heard, having it set to "keep-alive" makes the suite work faster. Is that true? If so, how can I change it?

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