Since you guys/gals are on the Squid subject, I would like to get some squid-user 
opinions if
possible without having to join the squid list and get flame-broiled.

Currently I'm behind a dialup. Gentoo server acts as the (Shorewall) firewall and 
gateway for 3
win98 pc's. I just installed "djbdns" using its dnscaching service (2MB cache seems 
more than
sufficient) and it makes quit a big difference once the frequented dns lookups are 
cached. (Thanks
to all who helped BTW) :D (BTW... Mike W did you get my Cyber Sorry?) Heh.. Heh..

Trying to make the dialup lan as efficient as possible I was thinking of installing 
Squid as well
for its caching capabilities. Knowing that Mozilla (on Gentoo) and Win98 IE on Windows 
do their
own caching would I see a considerable difference if it were configured as/for a 
Transparent proxy
and caching capabilities? (unsure of the exact extent of what type of caching Squid 
does)

If I were to install it, how much memory does it need at a minimum considering all 
other browsers
are caching some content? Once the cache fills does it start pushing old stuff out to 
make way for
the new?

384MB of PC-133 SDRAM, a 20-gig ATA-66 ide drive using upto 500megs of swap if needed.

Thanks,
Joshua Banks

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