Just wondering Has any one considered using the proxy module in Apache HTTP server. You are already taking the hit of running a web server, - the proxy module just might give you enough features.
Certainly you get Caching and Access Control --------------------------------- Chris Martin e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m: +61(0)419812371 --------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Langhoff Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2008 2:40 PM To: Mark Nottingham Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; XS Devel Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Squid tuning recommendations for OLPC SchoolServer tuning... On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Mark Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Overall, what do you want to use Squid for here; caching, access control..? Caching and plugins such as squidgard (does that qualify as access control?) > If you want caching, realise that you're not going to see much benefit from > such a resource-limited box, and indeed it may be more of a bottleneck than > is worthwhile. well, we are very constrained RAM wise, but we have a reasonable hard drive quota *and* a horrible internet connection. Picture 200 kids behind a dsl line, 50 kids behind a satellite link or 3G modem. Granted, youtube isn't going to work but well-behaved cacheable content (in http terms) can work well with a good proxy. cheers, martin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
