</P
></DD
><DT
+>Notes:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> Note that reusing connections doesn't necessary cause speedups.
+ There are also a few privacy implications you should be aware of.
+ </P
+><P
+> Outgoing connections are shared between clients (if there are more
+ than one) and closing the client that initiated the outgoing connection
+ does not affect the connection between <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> and the server unless
+ the client's request hasn't been completed yet. If the outgoing connection
+ is idle, it will not be closed until either <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy's</SPAN
+>
+ or the server's timeout is reached. While it's open, the server knows
+ that the system running <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> is still there.
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
>Examples:</DT
><DD
><P
>Effect if unset:</DT
><DD
><P
-> A default value of 180 seconds is used.
+> A default value of 300 seconds is used.
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Notes:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> For SOCKS requests the timeout currently doesn't start until
+ the SOCKS server accepted the request. This will be fixed in
+ the next release.
</P
></DD
><DT
>Examples:</DT
><DD
><P
-> socket-timeout 180
+> socket-timeout 300
</P
></DD
></DL