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Add TCP connection pool for connections to ICAP server

A TCP connection pool can maintain local-out TCP connections to the external ICAP server due to a backend update in FortiOS. TCP connections will not be terminated once data has been exchanged with the ICAP server, but instead are reused in the next ICAP session to maximize efficiency.

Use case

In this scenario, an ICAP profile is used as a UTM profile in an explicit web proxy policy, and a client visits web servers through this proxy policy.

Once the WAD is initialized, when a HTTP request is sent from the client to the server through the FortiGate with an ICAP profile applied to the matched proxy policy, a TCP connection is established between the FortiGate and the ICAP server to exchange data.

When an ICAP session is finished, the TCP connection is kept in the WAD connection pool. When another ICAP session needs to be established, the WAD will check if there are any idle connections available in the connection pool. If an idle connection is available, then it will be reused; otherwise, a new TCP connection is established for the ICAP session. This process can be checked in the WAD debug log.

Add TCP connection pool for connections to ICAP server

A TCP connection pool can maintain local-out TCP connections to the external ICAP server due to a backend update in FortiOS. TCP connections will not be terminated once data has been exchanged with the ICAP server, but instead are reused in the next ICAP session to maximize efficiency.

Use case

In this scenario, an ICAP profile is used as a UTM profile in an explicit web proxy policy, and a client visits web servers through this proxy policy.

Once the WAD is initialized, when a HTTP request is sent from the client to the server through the FortiGate with an ICAP profile applied to the matched proxy policy, a TCP connection is established between the FortiGate and the ICAP server to exchange data.

When an ICAP session is finished, the TCP connection is kept in the WAD connection pool. When another ICAP session needs to be established, the WAD will check if there are any idle connections available in the connection pool. If an idle connection is available, then it will be reused; otherwise, a new TCP connection is established for the ICAP session. This process can be checked in the WAD debug log.