Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:49:37 -0700 From: "Jeremy Buckner" <jeremy@cableaz.com> To: "Paul Robinson" <paul@akita.co.uk> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Web Caching Engine Message-ID: <002501c11458$3e331fe0$1396f13f@caz> References: <000701c11456$8e3893a0$1396f13f@caz> <20010724165022.A57652@jake.akitanet.co.uk>
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I guess I should have included my intentions here. I have about 2000 cable modem customers and the number is going up. I need the caching engine to save bandwidth across the fiber when possible. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Robinson" <paul@akita.co.uk> To: "Jeremy Buckner" <jeremy@cableaz.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:50 AM Subject: Re: Web Caching Engine > On Jul 24, Jeremy Buckner <jeremy@cableaz.com> wrote: > > > Has anyone ever used/configured FreeBSD as a web caching > > engine. Can it be done or do I have to buy the $50,000 Cisco > > product? Also it be seamless to my customers (no setting > > proxy settings or anything like that). Any ideas? > > Take a look at squid. If you put it in transparent mode, it's behaviour is > the same as expensive products. However, you may want to look at bakeoff > results to see if it's powerful enough for what you need: > > http://cacheoff.ircache.net/ > > -- > Paul Robinson ,--------------------------------------- > Technical Director @ Akita | A computer lets you make more mistakes > PO Box 604, Manchester, M60 3PR | than any other invention with the > T: +44 (0) 161 228 6388 (F:6389)| possible exceptions of handguns and > | Tequila - Mitch Ratcliffe > `----- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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