// used while communicating with the cloud backends.
func NewHTTPTransport() *http.Transport {
	return NewHTTPTransportWithTimeout(1 * time.Minute)
}

// Default values for dial timeout
const defaultDialTimeout = 5 * time.Second

// NewHTTPTransportWithTimeout allows setting a timeout.
func NewHTTPTransportWithTimeout(timeout time.Duration) *http.Transport {
	return xhttp.ConnSettings{