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From: "Richard Gooch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ian Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 12:31 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Re: Telstra using Transparent proxy on ADSL network
[Ranting snipped]
> > Hmm, smells like a proxy.
>
> Yep. Bastards.
Why? Get used to transparent proxying - its a way of life when you really
do NOT have the bandwidth to support your users direct fetching everything
due to ignorance. A transparent proxy is far more polite than completely
blocking port 80, thats for certain [which other "proxy enforced" ISP do -
that behaviour breaks non-proxy-aware applications, like MalSync on Palm
Pilots].
> > I cannot recall seing anything in the terms and conditions that said
> > that Telstra was going to redirect my packets through a transparent
> > proxy.
>
> Hm. I'm happy to voluntarily use a proxy, since it's part of being a
> good 'net neighbour and all that. And hopefully it will give me a
> performance benefit. But I don't think people should be forced to use
> it. Apart from being arrogant, it doesn't provide a way of getting out
> when the proxy is fucked.
It shouldn't be a problem if they're using WCCP. WCCP provides a method for
deactivating the transparent proxy if the web cache fails.
> Someone tell me if they manage to change this :-)
Telstra won't remove the transparent proxy for BP:A customers because its a
logistical nightmare. You have a LOT of users, all trying to download
similar sort of things, with poorly configured web-browsers. Lots of
webbrowsers directly hitting sites requires a LOT of external bandwidth,
whereas a transparent proxy can be close to those machines, and they can
save a lot of external bandwidth on static content. This helps them
maintain an acceptible level of performance. 'nuff said. If you don't want
a transparent proxy, wait for BP:D to provide ADSL support.
C.
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