On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 at 14:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >dear mates,
>
> I sure hope this is in the Australian spirit because if it ain't ...
> yikes. ;>
>
> >what are the advantages/disadvantages of using a squid proxy server ?
> >sometimes its much better kasi when i use direct connection..bakit kaya
> >?
>
> I think by this line of questioning you're asking more generally "why go
> through a proxy". It doesn't sound like a Squid versus
> some-other-proxy-server question. The benefit of going through a proxy is
> that if more than one request(s) are made during a relatively short period
> of time (I don't know the cut-offs before Squid will re-check the document
> and download it again) then instead of having to get the file from
> wherever, the proxy can give you the file from its cache. This has proven
> to be very helpful for me when updating a bunch of Winblows boxes via
> windowsupdate.microsoft.com. It's a pain in the neck (cause I don't know
> how) to download the updates first then run them in sequence, so instead I
> make sure I update at the same time. Only the first downloads from the
> 'Net at max 5.6kbps, the rest fly away thanks to a 100Mbps connection to
> my proxy.
You can use the "client" program that comes with squid to "pre-load"
specific URLs.
You can also use the "refresh_pattern" option in squid.conf to extend the
length of time a particular URL stays in your cache.
- Elfredy Cadapan
- Institute of Computer Science, Univ. of the Philippines at Los Banos
- Home page : http://www.ics.uplb.edu.ph/~evc/
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