The label is something you make up: a few letters and numbers. The proxy network remembers which address it gave to that label and keeps using it. Change the label and you get a different address; reuse it and you get the same one back, for as long as the session lasts.
This makes it easy to run several separate visitors at once. Ten labels are ten addresses. Give each browser profile, account or worker its own label and never share one between two of them. On BooProxies the label is eight characters, as in USERNAME-country-us-time-600-session-a1b2c3d4, and the generator on each plan page can write a whole list of them.
Questions about session ID
What should a session ID look like?
On BooProxies, eight letters or numbers of your choosing, such as a1b2c3d4. It is a label, not a secret: it only tells the gateway which requests belong together.
Can two programs use the same session ID?
Yes, and they will then share one IP address. That is useful when a captcha solver must work from the same address as your own request, and harmful when two accounts are meant to stay apart.
Related terms
- Sticky session
- A sticky session keeps the same proxy IP address for a set time, so several requests in a row look like they come from one visitor.
- Proxy authentication
- Proxy authentication is how a proxy checks you are a paying customer: either a username and password, or a list of allowed IP addresses.
- Concurrent connections
- Concurrent connections are the requests a program has open through a proxy at the same moment. More of them finish a job sooner.
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